Family name origins & meanings
- French : in its earliest Canadian manifestations this name is found as Dumay, with spelling variants Dumé, Dumetz, etc., indicating that it is probably a variant of Dumas. However, there has been confusion with various other names, including Demers, Demerce, and Massé (see Masse).
- A bearer of the name Dumay was in Quebec in 1666, and the marriage of another bearer of this name is recorded in Quebec in 1685.