# Durel

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**Durel** is a [French](/source/French_language) last name,[1][2][3] mainly found originally in Normandy[4] and derived from the French adjective *[dur](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dur)* ("hard", "tough") + suffix *-el*. French variant forms include [Dureau](/source/Dureau), [Duret](/source/Duret), Durelle and Durette.[1] The Durel form was anglicized in [Durell](/source/Durell_(disambiguation)), [Durrell](/source/Durrell). The English spelling *-ell* renders the French pronunciation of *-el* (see also : [Brunell](/source/Brunell), [Anketell](/source/Anketell), [LeBell](/source/LeBell), [Cotterell](/source/Cotterell_(disambiguation)), etc.)

With another [etymology](/source/Etymology) – it can also be rarer found in Turkey, where it may be derived like the names *Duran* ("staying"), *Durmuş* ("stayed") and *Dursun* ("he may stay") from the [Turkish](/source/Turkish_language) verb [durmak](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/durmak) ("to stop", "to stand", "to stay", "to remain").[5]

Notable people with the surname include:

- [Joey Durel](/source/Joey_Durel) (born 1953), American businessman and former mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
- [Philippe Durel](/source/Philippe_Durel) (born 1954), former French racing cyclist

## References

1. [Albert Dauzat](/source/Albert_Dauzat), *Noms et prénoms de France*, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par [Marie-Thérèse Morlet](/source/Marie-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Morlet), p. 225b

1. ["Durel Surname Meaning & Statistics"](http://forebears.io/surnames/durel). *forebears.io*. Retrieved April 25, 2017. Approximately 2,512 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: France; Highest density in: France.

1. ["Durel Family History"](http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=durel). *sancestry.com*. Retrieved April 25, 2017. French: nickname from a diminutive of (Old) French *dur* ‘hard(y)’. Variant spelling of English Durrell, cognate with 1.

1. [Filae - surname *Durel* in France : birth between 1891 and 1915](https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/Durel.html)

1. Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, *Duden Familiennamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung von 20.000 Nachnamen, 206*

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