Italian (Campania): from the feminine form of Duro.Polish: topographic name from Old Polish dura
‘hollow’, ‘cavity’, ‘hole’.Czech and Slovak: from a pet
form of the female name Dorota (see
Dorothy).Bulgarian: from the female personal name
Dura (see Dorothy).Altered spelling of French
Duras, a habitational name from Duras, a place in
Lot-et-Garonne.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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