De%20fries Family History
De%20fries Name Meaning
Dutch: variant mostly Americanized of De Vries ‘the Frisian’. This form of the surname is no longer found in the Netherlands. Variant (Defries) of Defrees 2 a surname of French origin (see Deforest ). Compare Defriece and Defriese .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022