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deville Name Meaning and History

  1. English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Déville in Seine-Maritime, France, probably named with Latin dei villa ‘settlement of (i.e. under the protection of) God’. This name was interpreted early on as a prepositional phrase de ville or de val and applied to dwellers in a town or valley (see Ville and Vale).
  2. English: nickname from Middle English devyle, Old English deofol ‘devil’ (Latin diabolus, from Greek diabolos ‘slanderer’, ‘enemy’), referring to a mischievous youth or perhaps to someone who had acted the role of the Devil in a pageant or mystery play.
  3. French: variant of Ville, with the preposition de.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of deville Families in the US in 1920
Number of deville families
 66-129
 23-65		 1-22
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 41 - Messages: 210
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Deville Terry Landreneau 19
Family Bible in posession of Winston De Ville? @@adamsrbk@datasync.com 4
Deville from louisiana Francine Deville 0
Deville and Fontenot Beth 11
Info from Winston's book, more ... triciacarol1 4
DeVille book Charles Deville 9
DEVILLE 17 TO 1900S ENGLAND BILL GODMAN 6
Alexander Deville frm Opelousas LA dn51101 4
DEVILLE IN LOUISIANA Ernie 28
Susan Belgard Deville - Deville LA greysailor1 0
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