Given name & surname
Duval
“from the valley”
Duval is a variant of Duvall. One French interpretation is “from the valley.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Duval is a variant of Duvall. One French interpretation is “from the valley.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Duval is a variant of Duvall. An origin associated with Duvall is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From French Duval, built from French du (“of the”) + val (“valley”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Duval through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 532
- 532 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 13 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 505 as a first name in 2020; 8,967 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.
Duval’s family of names
Duval has a related form in Duvall. In French usage, Duval as a surname has a conventional equivalent in Dale. In French usage, Duval as a surname has a related form in Val.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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