Durel
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | French, Turkish |
| Meaning | hard |
| Region of origin | France, United States and Turkey |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Durell, Durrell, Duran, Dursun, Durmuş |
Durel is a French last name[1][2][3] derived from the French adjective dur ("hard", "tough") that – with another etymology – can also be found in Turkey, where it may be derived like the names Duran ("staying"), Durmuş ("stayed") and Dursun ("he may stay") from the Turkish verb durmak ("to stop", "to stand", "to stay", "to remain").[4]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Joey Durel (born 1953), American businessman and former mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
- Philippe Durel (born 1954), former French racing cyclist
References
- ^ "Durel Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
Approximately 2,512 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: France; Highest density in: France.
- ^ "Durel Family History". sancestry.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
French: nickname from a diminutive of Old French dur 'hard(y)'. Variant spelling of English Durrell, cognate with 1.
- ^ "Durel surname". houseofnames.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Duden Familiennamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung von 20.000 Nachnamen, 206
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