Duvall (surname)
Duvall (also DuVall) is a French surname and an alternative spelling of "Duval", which literally translates from French to English as "of the valley".[1] It derives from the Norman "Devall", which has both English and French ties. Variant spellings include: Davolls, Deavall, DeVile, Devill, Deville, Divall, Divell and Evill.[2] Its meaning is derived from the French town of Déville, Seine-Inferieure.[2] The spelling, "Devall", was first recorded in England in the Domesday Book.
In France, variant spellings include: Lavalle, Lavallie, Laval, Lavall, Deval, Lavell, Lavelle and Lavielle.[3] The Duvall surname has also been spelled some other ways including DeVall, Devoll, DeVol, DeValle and Devaulle.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Duvall, American baseball player
- Betty Duvall, a spy for the American Confederacy
- Carol Duvall, television show host
- Clea DuVall, American actress
- Gabriel Duvall, American jurist in the 18th and 19th centuries
- Hadley Duvall, American reproductive freedom advocate
- Len Duvall, British politician
- Marcus Duvall, character in a 2005 American-French action thriller film
- Mareen Duvall, a French Huguenot and an early American settler
- Marty Duvall, father of Carly Duvall
- Michael D. Duvall, American politician
- Mike Duvall, American baseball player
- Robert Duvall, American actor
- Robert E. Duvall, American politician
- Shelley Duvall, American actress
- Thomas L. Duvall Jr., scientist – Mount Duvall was named after him
- Wayne Duvall, American actor
- William DuVall, American musician
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 504. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Last name: Devall". The Internet Surname Database. 1980.
- ^ "Last name: Deval". The Internet Surname Database. 1980.
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