The dubois Surname
dubois Name Meaning and History
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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