Dieu Family History
Dieu Name Meaning
French and Walloon: from dieu ‘god’ applied as a nickname for someone who played the role of Christ in the medieval mysteries or for a presumptious or an overly religious person; or from a short form of the personal name Dieudonné ‘God-given’ (see Dieudonne ). The surname Dieu is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium (mainly Limburg). Vietnamese (Diêu): from the Chinese surname 姚 see Yao
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022