Dreyfus Family History
Dreyfus Name Meaning
Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name from Trevis an old name of the city of Trier on the Mosel known in French as Trèves; both the French and German names come from Latin Augusta Treverorum ‘city of Augustus among the Treveri’ a Celtic tribal name of uncertain origin. The form of the surname has been altered from Trevis by folk etymological association with modern German Dreifuss ‘tripod’. Compare Trier .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022