The durant Surname
durant Name Meaning and History
French and English (Norman): from the Latin omen name
Durandus, meaning ‘enduring’, which was in common use
especially in the Jewish communities of southern France and from there
spread out across France, into England, Italy, and the Iberian
peninsula.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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