Durian Family History
Durian Name Meaning
German: probably a nickname for a skinny or lame person or for a farmer on poor quality land from Middle High German dürre durre ‘dry skinny lame’ or ‘dried out fallow land’ + the personal name Jahn which also had a generic quality like John in English meaning ‘fellow chap’. Slovak and Czech (Moravian) (Ďurian): from a derivative of the personal name Ďuro (see Durica ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022