Dupuy, also spelt DuPuy (US spelling), and in its old form du Puy is originally a French surname centered in Aquitaine, dating back to medieval times. Translated, the name means "of a puy", puy being a "height" in Old French. In Aquitaine and in the south of France, it is more generally a frenchification of its original Occitan forms such as Delpech, Delpuech and half frenchified forms (article) Dupech, Dupuch, Dupey. They all share the same meaning and etymology. The surname Dupuis / Du Puis has mostly nothing to do : it is widespread in northern France and means "of the well". People named du Puy or Dupuy Albert Dupuy (born February 1, 1947 in Alicante, Spain), French civil servant Alleman du Puy de Montbrun (born 1132), Chevalier, Lord of Perins Bob DuPuy, President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball Charles Dupuy (5 November 1851 – 23 July 1923), French statesman and three time Prime Minister of France Charlotte Dupuy, African American enslaved by Henry Clay Claude Dupuy (bishop) (1901–1989), Archbishop of Albi Claude Dupuy (jurist) (1545–1594), Parisian jurist, humanist and bibliophile Claude-Thomas Dupuy (1678–1738), Intendant of New France from 1726 to 1728 Dominique Dupuy (biologist) (1812–1885), French zoologist and botanist Dominique Dupuy (1957), race driver Eliza Ann Dupuy (ca. 1814 – 1880), American author Gérard du Puy (died February 14, 1389), French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church Henri Dupuy de Lôme (15 October 1816 – 1 February 1885), French naval architect Hughes du Puy, Knight of DAUPHINY Imbert du Puy (died 26 May 1348), French Cardinal, nephew of Pope John XXII Jean Dupuy (disambiguation), various persons Jean Baptiste Édouard Du Puy (1770 – April 3, 1822), Swiss-born singer, composer, director and violinist Jean-Pierre Dupuy, professor of social and political philosophy Kléber Dupuy (1892-1966), French army officer Michel Dupuy, Canadian diplomat, journalist, academic and politician from Quebec Paul Dupuy, history lecturer at the Ecole Normale Philippe Dupuy of Dupuy and Berberian, French cartoonist and co-creator of Monsieur Jean Pierre Dupuy (scholar) (1582–1651), a French scholar Raymond du Puy de Provence (1083–1160), French knight (Chevalier) and second Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem Raphael du Puy (1009–1062), Grand Chamberlain to Emperor Konrad II Richard Ernest Dupuy (1887-1975), American, journalist, army officer and military historian Tina Dupuy, American syndicated political columnist, humorist and writer Trevor N. Dupuy, American military historian William E. DePuy, (1919-1992) American