# Duve

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**Duve** is a [German language](/source/German_language) variant spelling of the surname [Duwe](/source/Duwe) that stems from the [Low Germanic](/source/Low_Germanic) *düwe* (dove), a [metonymic](/source/Metonymic) occupational name for someone who bred or sold doves.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

- [Christian de Duve](/source/Christian_de_Duve) (1917–2013), Nobel Prize-winning Belgian cytologist and biochemist
- [Freimut Duve](/source/Freimut_Duve) (1936–2020), German politician
- [Karen Duve](/source/Karen_Duve) (born 1961), German author
- [Thierry de Duve](/source/Thierry_de_Duve) (born 1944), Belgian professor of modern art theory
- Vanessa Duve, German fashion model

## References

1. Hanks, Patrick (2003). [*Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=PA504). Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). p. 504. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. [OCLC 51655476](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51655476). Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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