Duguay Family History
Duguay Name Meaning
French: patronymic with fused preposition and definite article du ‘of the’ from Guay ‘cheerful’. French: habitational name from a place called Dugay (see Dugay ) or with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ for someone from La Guay (Pays-de-la-Loire). Compare Dewey 3 Drury 3 and Dugay . Possibly also an altered form of French Dugué (see Dugue ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022