Family name origins & meanings
- Americanized spelling of French (Huguenot) D’Urfé, a habitational name, with the preposition d(e) ‘from’, for someone from the castle of Urfé, Loire.
- The name was brought to England by Huguenot refugees in the early 17th century. Thomas Durfee, the ancestor of the Durfee family in America, was born in 1643 and came to Providence, RI, in 1660.