Dufresne Family History
Dufresne Name Meaning
French: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree from Old French fresne ‘ash’ (from Latin fraxinus) or a habitational name for someone from Le Fresne the name of several places in the northern part of France named with this word. It is formed with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’. Compare Ash Ashe Defrain Dufrane and Dufrene .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022