Duve is a
German language variant spelling of the surname
Duwe that stems from the
Low Germanicdüwe (dove), a
metonymic occupational name for someone who bred or sold doves.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
Christian de Duve (1917–2013), Nobel Prize-winning Belgian cytologist and biochemist
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