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

• Deval (disambiguation)
• Devall (surname)
• Duval (surname)
• Duvall (disambiguation)

References

1. 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.
2. "Last name: Devall". The Internet Surname Database. 1980.
3. "Last name: Deval". The Internet Surname Database. 1980.