DuToit Name & History
Origin:
French
History:
1. From Old French teit "roof" (from Latin tectum), also "hut",
"cottage"; the name therefore may have denoted someone who lived in a
small cottage or it may have been an occupational name for a roofer.
2. Habitational name from Duthoit, a hamlet in Nord.
References:
-www.ancestry.com (accessed August 6, 2010)