Durel
Origin
Language(s)French, Turkish
Meaninghard
Region of originFrance and Turkey
Other names
Variant form(s)Durell, Durrell, Duran, Dursun, Durmuş

Durel is a French last name,[1][2][3] mainly found originally in Normandy[4] and derived from the French adjective dur ("hard", "tough") + suffix -el. French variant forms include Dureau, Duret, Durelle and Durette.[1] The Durel form was anglicized in Durell, Durrell. The English spelling -ell renders the French pronunciation of -el (see also : Brunell, Anketell, LeBell, Cotterell, etc.)

With another etymology – it can also be rarer found in Turkey, where it may be derived like the names Duran ("staying"), Durmuş ("stayed") and Dursun ("he may stay") from the Turkish verb durmak ("to stop", "to stand", "to stay", "to remain").[5]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Joey Durel (born 1953), American businessman and former mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
  • Philippe Durel (born 1954), former French racing cyclist

References

  1. 1 2 Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 225b
  2. ↑ "Durel Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved April 25, 2017. Approximately 2,512 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: France; Highest density in: France.
  3. ↑ "Durel Family History". sancestry.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017. French: nickname from a diminutive of (Old) French dur 'hard(y)'. Variant spelling of English Durrell, cognate with 1.
  4. ↑ Filae - surname Durel in France : birth between 1891 and 1915
  5. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Duden Familiennamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung von 20.000 Nachnamen, 206
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