Dutoit Family History

French: topographic name for someone who lived in a small cottage or an occupational name for a roofer from Old French teit (from Latin tectum) ‘roof’ also ‘hut cottage’ with fused preposition and definite article du.

Habitational name from Duthoit, a hamlet in Nord, or with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ for someone from Le Toit, the name of several places in various parts of France.

This surname is in the form Du Toit also established in South Africa.