Given name & surname

Duchesne

“oak (tree)”

Duchesne is a surname from Old French. It is used in English and French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Duchesne goes back to a word meaning “oak (tree).”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Duchesne comes from Old French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Duchesne’s family of names

In English usage, Duchesne as a surname shares a linguistic root with the French form DU.

Walk Duchesne’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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“resembling a flower”

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Sibling ideas

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