Durant Family History
Durant Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: variant of Durand . English: variant of Darwent a habitational name from Derwent in Derbyshire (now submerged by the Ladybower Reservoir) or Darwen in Lancashire both named from rivers called Derwent or less frequently from similarly named rivers in Cumbria Durham Northumbria and Yorkshire from a Celtic river name meaning ‘river where oak-trees grow abundantly’. Altered form of French Doiron .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022