Duval (surname)
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Duval is a surname, literally translating from French to English as "of the valley". 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.[1] Its meaning is derived from the French town of Deville, Ardennes.[1] "Devall" was first recorded in England in the Domesday Book.
In France, variant spellings include: Lavalle, Lavallie, Laval, Lavall, Deval, Lavell, Lavelle and Lavielle.[2] The Duval surname has also been spelled some other ways including DeVall, Devoll, DeVol, Duvall, DeValle and Devaulle.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval
- Barry E. DuVal
- Burr H. Duval (1809–1836), American soldier who died in the Texas Revolution, son of William Pope Duval
- Charles Allen Duval (1810–1872) British portrait painter, photographer, and writer
- Claude Duval
- Clément Duval
- Damon Duval
- Daniel Duval (1944–2013), French actor, film director and screenwriter
- David Duval (born 1971), American golfer
- Denise Duval (1921–2016), French opera singer
- Dennis DuVal (born 1952), American retired basketball player
- François Duval
- Gaël Duval
- Georges Duval de Leyrit
- Georges Duval (1772–1853), French playwright
- Georges Duval (journalist) (1847–1919), French playwright and journalist
- Isaac H. Duval (1824–1902), American Civil War general and Congressman
- James Duval
- Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil
- Jeanne Duval
- John Crittenden Duval (1816–1897), American writer, son of William Pope Duval
- Joseph Duval, French Roman Catholic archbishop
- Loïc Duval
- Michael Raoul Duval
- Mlle Duval, French composer
- Paulette Duval (1889–1951), French dancer and actress
- Salluste Duval
- Saunier Duval-Prodir
- Thibaut Duval Belgian athlete (pole vaulter)
- Thomas Howard DuVal (1813–1880), U.S. federal judge, son of William Pope Duval
- Victoria Duval
- William Pope Duval (1784–1854), American governor of the Florida Territory
See also
- Duval County (disambiguation)
- Mount Duval (New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia
- Duval College, University of New England, Australia
- Duval High School, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
- Duval - A suburb of Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
- Duval Street, Duval, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
- Duval Street, Key West, Florida, United States
- Duvall (surname)
- Duvall (disambiguation), various meanings, including a surname
- Duval Flying Fish Riders/One Piece
- Gen. I.H. Duval Mansion
- Lil Duval
References
- 1 2 "Last name: Devall". The Internet Surname Database. 1980.
- ↑ "Last name: Deval". The Internet Surname Database. 1980.
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