>>214554536 >Mainly used in Alsace, it is a Jewish name (variants Dreifous, Dreifus, Dreifuss, Dreyfous) on which interpretations vary. Everyone agrees that it designates someone who is from a city, but which one? Some think of Troyes (Trivouch in Hebrew), others of Trier in Germany, still others of Trévoux in Ain or Treviso in Italy. Finally, let us specify that in German the word Dreifuss designates a tripod.