Devereux is a

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

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found frequently in

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and around the English-speaking world. The name may derive as a

Norman French Norman or Norman French (, french: Normand, Guernésiais: , Jèrriais: ) is a Romance language which can be classified as one of the Oïl languages along with French, Picard and Walloon. The name "Norman French" is sometimes used to descri ...

rendering of the Welsh name "''Dyfrig''" or "''Dubricius''". This name would have been familiar to the Norman and Breton elites via Saint Dubricius, an important 6th century clergyman who ordained

Samson of Dol Samson of Dol (also Samsun; born late 5th century) was a Cornish saint, who is also counted among the seven founder saints of Brittany with Pol Aurelian, Tugdual or Tudwal, Brieuc, Malo, Patern (Paternus) and Corentin. Born in southern Wale ...

. The parish of St. Devereux (

Archenfield Archenfield (Old English: ''Ircingafeld'') is the historic English name for an area of southern and western Herefordshire in England. Since the Anglo-Saxons took over the region in the 8th century, it has stretched between the River Monnow and Ri ...

) still bares this Norman version of the name. In Ireland, the name is associated with Wexford, where the

Cambro-Normans Cambro-Normans ( la, Cambria; "Wales", cy, Normaniaid Cymreig; nrf, Nouormands Galles) were Normans who settled in southern Wales, and the Welsh Marches, after the Norman invasion of Wales, allied with their counterpart families who settled ...

first invaded from

Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ...

, Wales in 1170. Devereux is more probably the

Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to: *Anglo-Normans, the medieval ruling class in England following the Norman conquest of 1066 * Anglo-Norman language **Anglo-Norman literature * Anglo-Norman England, or Norman England, the period in English history from 10 ...

form of D'Evreux / Devreux, meaning "d'Évreux" or "from

Évreux Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy. Geography The city is on the Iton river. Climate History In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named ...

", a town in

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, France. Anglo-Norman develops regularly a

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/e/ between /v/ and /r/ such as in AN ''overi'' / F ''ouvrit'' "opened", AN ''livere'' / F ''livre'' "book", etc.

Dubricius Dubricius or Dubric ( cy, Dyfrig; Norman-French: ''Devereux''; c. 465 – c. 550) was a 6th-century British ecclesiastic venerated as a saint. He was the evangelist of Ergyng ( cy, Erging) (later Archenfield, Herefordshire) and much ...

is called ''Dubrice'' in French and Dyfrig would have given ''*Difry'' / ''*Dufry'' in French and ''*Difery'' / ''*Dufery'' in Anglo-Norman, and St. Devereux is probably a mistranslation after the surname Devereux. The French variant ''Devreux'' which unlike ''Devereux'' is found within Normandy and France themselves. The similar names Devereaux and Deveraux are alternate spellings of the surname resulting from the various ways of pronouncing it - the placename is pronounced "Ev-ruh" () and the surname may be pronounced Dever-o, Dever-oo, Dever-ooks, Dev-erah, Dev-rah, Dev-ruh, or Dev-rix (Wexford).

People

Count of Évreux The Count of Évreux was a French noble title and was named for the county of Évreux in Normandy. It was successively used by the Norman dynasty, the Montfort-l'Amaury family, the Capetians as well as the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. The title i ...

, title of nobility at the origin of the name *

Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester Elizabeth "Minnie" Devereux-Rochester, also known as Elizabeth Reynolds, (20 December 1917 – between 1981 and 1983) was a member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry who served with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during World Wa ...

(1917–1983), British female spy *

George Devereux Georges Devereux (born György Dobó; 13 September 1908 – 28 May 1985) was a Hungarian-French ethnologist and psychoanalyst, often considered the founder of ethnopsychiatry.

(1908–1985), Austro-Hungarian ethnologist and psychoanalyst (born in Lugoj, nowadays part of Romania) *

Helena Devereux Helena Trafford Devereux (February 2, 1885 – November 17, 1975) was an American educator who founded the Devereux Foundation. She is considered a pioneer in the field of special education. In 1912, Devereux began the first Devereux School for ...

(1885–1975), American educator and founder of the Devereux Foundation *

James Devereux James Patrick Sinnott Devereux (February 20, 1903 – August 5, 1988) was a United States Marine Corps general, Navy Cross recipient, and Republican congressman. He was the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the 1st Defense Battalion Detachment durin ...

(1903–1988), U.S. Marine Corps General and politician *

Jim Devereux James Devereux (1887–1934), also known by the nickname of "Muscles", was a pioneering Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. A New South Wales state and Australia national representative three-quarter ...

(1885–1936), Australian rugby league footballer *

John Devereux (disambiguation) John Devereux may refer to: * John Devereux, Lord of Munsley (c. 1253–1316), Anglo-Norman nobleman in the time of Edward I and Edward II of England *John Devereux, 1st Baron Devereux (died 1393), peer in the reign of King Richard II of England *J ...

Lillie Devereux Blake Lillie Devereux Blake (pen name, Tiger Lily; August 12, 1833 – December 30, 1913) was an American woman suffragist, reformer, and writer, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and educated in New Haven, Connecticut. In her early years, Blake wrote se ...

(1833–1913), American feminist *

Marie Devereux Marie Devereux (27 November 194030 December 2019) was a British model and film actress. She was born Patricia Sutcliffe on 27 November 1940 in Edmonton, London. Marie Devereux became a regular and very popular nude model in magazines during th ...

(1940–2019), British actress *

Nicholas Devereux Nicholas Devereux (June 7, 1791 – December 29, 1855) was an Irish-American financier and banker, and one of the major early landowners in western New York state. "Nicholas Devereux was very charitable and hospitable — a cultured, pious, progre ...

(1791–1855), Irish-American banker, trustee, and western New York landowner * General Ricardo Wall y Devereux (1694–1777), Spanish General and Prime Minister of the 18th-century * Richard Devereux (disambiguation) *

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a ...

(1565–1601), military hero and royal favourite, executed for treason *

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (; 11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain ...

(1591–1646), son of Robert Devereux, courtier and soldier *

Robin Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford Charles Robin de Bohun Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford (born 11 August 1975), is the premier viscount in the Peerage of England. Education Devereux was educated at Stowe School and at the University of East Anglia where he graduated in 1998 wi ...

(born 1975), an English peer and premier viscount *

Sean Devereux Sean Devereux (25 November 1964 – 2 January 1993) was a British Salesian missionary and aid worker murdered in Kismayo, Somalia in 1993 while working for UNICEF. He has since become an important role model for the aid-working vocation, partic ...

(1964–1993), English-born educator known for his support of food aid in Liberia and opposition to child soldier conscription, and activist in Somalia. Murdered by Somali warlords in 1993. * Colonel Wallace C. Devereux (1893–1952) CBE, F. R.Ae.S., metallurgist and founder of High Duty Alloys Ltd. * Walter Devereux (disambiguation) is a name shared by several members of the same family including the 1st Viscount Hereford (c.1490–1558) and the 1st Earl of Essex (1541–1576) *

William Devereux, Baron Devereux of Lyonshall William Devereux, Baron Devereux of Lyonshall (–1314) was an English noble who was an important Marcher Lord as he held Lyonshall Castle controlling a strategically vital approach to the border of Wales in the time of Edward I and Edward II. ...

(c.1244–1314), a Marcher Lord in the time of Edward I and Edward II of England.

Organizations

*The Devereux Foundation, U.S. non-profit organization founded by Helena Devereux *

Devereux Glenholme School The Glenholme School, also known as Devereux Glenholme School, is an independent coeducational therapeutic boarding school situated on over in Washington, Connecticut, United States. The school aims to provide a highly structured environment ...

, Connecticut

Places

* Devereux (Herefordshire), lost village in the United Kingdom * Devereux, Georgia, a community in the United States *Devereux Creek, Queensland, a small locality on the east coast of Australia * St Devereux (Herefordshire), church and parish 6 miles south of Hereford, originally dedicated to the Welsh Saint Dyfrig, Bishop of Ergyng

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