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De Gruy Surname Meaning

French or Dutch: possibly a variant of Dutch De Grie, which Debrabandere describes as a part translation of French Le Gris ‘the gray one’, denoting someone who habitually wore gray, had a gray complexion or graying hair, from Old French gris, with the definite article le.

This is mainly a LA name.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


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