Dupont

Meanings

1. A surname from French.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Colorado, named after the DuPont company.
5. A town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, named after the Du Pont family.
6. An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, named, for want of a name, after a box of Dupont shotgun shells.
7. A village in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Samuel Francis Du Pont.
8. A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, named after the Dupont Explosives company.
9. A rural community within Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, said to be derived from dew point.
10. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

1. Alternative spelling of Dupont.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Dupont, meaning "of the bridge".