Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : topographic name denoting someone who lived in a rocky place, literally ‘from the (du) crag (rocher)’. In North America the surname has often become confused with Desrochers and Desrosiers.
  • Variant of German Duracher, a habitational name for someone from Durach near Kempten in Bavaria.

Subscribe to Family Education

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe