Duvall (surname)

Duvall (also DuVall) is a French surname and an alternative spelling of "Duval", which literally translates from French to English as "of the valley". It derives from the Norman "Devall", which has both English and French ties. Variant spellings include: Davolls, Deavall, DeVile, Devill, Deville, Divall, Divell and Evill. Its meaning is derived from the French town of Déville, Seine-Inferieure. The spelling, "Devall", was first recorded in England in the Domesday Book.

In France, variant spellings include: Lavalle, Lavallie, Laval, Lavall, Deval, Lavell, Lavelle and Lavielle. The Duvall surname has also been spelled some other ways including DeVall, Devoll, DeVol, DeValle and Devaulle.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adam Duvall, American baseball player
 * Betty Duvall, a spy for the American Confederacy
 * Carol Duvall, television show host
 * Clea DuVall, American actress
 * Gabriel Duvall, American jurist in the 18th and 19th centuries
 * Len Duvall, British politician
 * Marcus Duvall, character in a 2005 American-French action thriller film
 * Mareen Duvall, a French Huguenot and an early American settler
 * Marty Duvall, father of Carly Duvall
 * Michael D. Duvall, American politician
 * Mike Duvall, American baseball player
 * Robert Duvall, American actor
 * Robert E. Duvall, American politician
 * Shelley Duvall, American actress
 * Thomas L. Duvall Jr., scientist – Mount Duvall was named after him
 * Wayne Duvall, American actor
 * William DuVall, American musician