Dupont.
A surname from French.
Meaning & usage
A surname from French.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Adams County, Colorado, named after the DuPont company.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, named after the Du Pont family.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, named, for want of a name, after a box of Dupont shotgun shells.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Samuel Francis Du Pont.
A number of places in the United States: A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, named after the Dupont Explosives company.
A number of places in the United States: A rural community within Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, said to be derived from dew point.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French Dupont, meaning "of the bridge".
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