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Surname Etymology and Meaning of DUBOIS

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French and English (Norman and Huguenot): topographic name for someone who lived in a wood, from the fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ + French bois ‘wood’ (see Bois). In both England and America the name has been translated as Wood.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)