French: topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, or a
habitational name from any of the various places called Val(l)ois, or
regional name from the district in northern France so called, which
was once an independent duchy. In all cases the source is an adjective
derivative of Old French val ‘valley’ (see Vale).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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