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Duhamel

/dy.a.mɛl/

proper noun/dy.a.mɛl/

a surname from Middle French; Duhamel (a municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada)

Related: Duhamellois, Duhamelloise

Habitational surname, from Middle French du hamel (modern du hameau), literally, “of the hamlet”. See also Hamel. The municipality is named after Catholic bishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (1841 - 1909).