Durieux Family History
Durieux Name Meaning
French and Walloon: topographic name with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ from regional French rieu ‘stream’ (from Latin rivus); or a habitational name for someone from Le Rieu(x) the name of several places in various parts of France and in Belgium (Wallonia) named with this word. Compare Dury and Rieux .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022