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)