Family name origins & meanings
- Americanized form of French du Breuil, a habitational name from Breuil in Calvados or from any of various places elsewhere in France called La Breuil. Compare English Browell.
- The name was brought to VA from Paris, France, at the beginning of the 18th century by Christoffe du Breuil (c.1680–1728). His son Jean Antoine du Breuil (1728–99) came to be known as Anthony Dibrell.