Given name & surname · also Latin
Durand
“an enduring man”·“one who stands firm”
Durand is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “an enduring man” and “one who stands firm”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “an enduring man” and “one who stands firm”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and French naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Durand through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,060
- 1,060 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 780 as a first name in 2020; 8,647 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Durand’s family of names
In French usage, Durand as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Italian form Durante. Durand has a related form in Duran. Durand has a related form in Durant.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Durand
- Durand ScottAmerican basketball playerborn 1990
- Durand of Huescawriter, theologian1160–1224
- Agénor AltarocheFrench chansonnier, politician, journalist and poet (1811-1884)
- Durandus of Liège11th-century bishop of Liège1000–1025
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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