Dubroc Family History

French:: topographic name with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ from broc an Old Occitan word denoting a ‘rocky spur’ or ‘place with a spiny vegetation’ (see Broche) or a habitational name for someone from Le Broc the name of several places in various parts of France named with this word.

patronymic with fused preposition and definite article du ‘of the’ from Broc which is a metonymic occupational name from broc a word of ultimate Greek origin denoting a ‘jug or pot with a neck’.