Devereux is a surname

Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 found throughout the French-speaking world and in many other countries. It is of Norman

Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...

 origin, meaning d'Évreux

Évreux

Évreux is a commune in the Eure department, of which it is the capital, in Haute Normandie in northern France.-History:In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named Mediolanum Aulercorum, "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area...

 or "from Évreux", a town in Normandy

Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...

, France. The name is also found in Wexford, where the Normans first landed in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 from Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....

 in Wales.

The similar name Devereaux is an alternate spelling of the surname resulting from the various ways of pronouncing it - the placename is pronounced "Ev-rer" (without pronouncing the final "r") and the surname may be pronounced Dever-o, Dever-oo, Dever-ooks, Dev-erah, Dev-rah or Devereux. It may refer to:

People

• George Devereux
  George Devereux
  George Devereux was an American - French ethnologist and psychoanalyst, born in a Jewish family from Banat. He was one of the pioneers of ethnopsychoanalysis and ethnopsychiatry.-Biography:...
  
   (1908-1985), Hungarian ethnologist and psychoanalyst
• Helena Devereux
  Helena Devereux
  Helena Devereux was an educator known for her work with mentally and emotionally handicapped children and for founding the Devereux Foundation....
  
   (1885-1975), American educator and founder of the Devereux Foundation
• James Devereux
  James Devereux
  James Patrick Sinnott Devereux was a United States Marine Corps general, Navy Cross recipient, and Republican congressman. He was the Commanding Officer of the 1st Defense Battalion during the defense of Wake Island in December 1941. He was captured on Wake Island as a prisoner of war, along with...
  
   (1903-1988), U.S. Marine Corps General and politician
• John Devereux (disambiguation)
• Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
  Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
  Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599...
  
   (1566-1601), military hero and royal favourite, executed for treason
• Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
  Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
  Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the seventeenth century. With the start of the English Civil War in 1642 he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the Roundheads...
  
   (1591-1646), son of Robert Devereux, courtier and soldier
• Walter Devereux (disambiguation) is a name shared by several members of the same family including the 1st Viscount Hereford (c1490-1558) and the 1st Earl of Essex (1541-1576)

Organizations

• The Devereux Foundation, U.S. non-profit organization founded by Helena Devereux
  Helena Devereux
  Helena Devereux was an educator known for her work with mentally and emotionally handicapped children and for founding the Devereux Foundation....
  
   that operates facilities providing services for persons with developmental, educational and emotional disabilities, including:
  • Devereux Glenholme School, Connecticut

See also:

• Roberto Devereux
  Roberto Devereux
  Roberto Devereux is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, by Gaetano Donizetti...
  
  , tragic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, loosely based on Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex