Given name & surname · also Middle English
Purdue
“for”
Purdue is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from French.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Purdue comes from Middle English, and ultimately from French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Purdew, from French pour (“for”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Purdue’s family of names
In English usage, Purdue as a surname has a related form in PURDIE. In English usage, Purdue as a surname has a related form in PURDY.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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