Family name origins & meanings
- Americanized spelling of French du Trieux, a habitational name from Trieux in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in northeastern France.
- This is a Huguenot name, which is frequent in NJ and in the Albany-Schenectady area of NY. It was already well established in North America by the mid 17th century. Philip Truax was born in Monmouth Co., NJ, in 1675 or 1676 (possibly two different people); the father is documented as Jacob DuTrieux.