Dupré
A French surname meaning “of the meadow” or “from the meadow.”
The #4,372 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 37,971 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Dupré is a French name built from du, meaning “of the,” and pré, meaning “meadow.” It ultimately goes back to Latin pratum, “meadow.” In older records and English-language surname books it is often explained simply as a topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow.
History
The name is well established in France and is also found in English-language surname collections as a relatively recent French import. English writers often grouped it with other French locative surnames such as Dupont and Dubois. In some cases the accent is lost outside French, giving the form Dupre.
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Fun fact
French surname writers and English etymologists alike have long treated Dupré as one of the clearest examples of a straightforward landscape-based surname.
From the historical record
“DUPRAT -> DU PRAT DUPRE DU PRE ■ See Pratt and Pray in the Diet. (Fr.) Of the Meadow [Lat. prat-um, a meadow] Dupuis”
— Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary (2 vols in 1)