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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Meaning & History
Habitational name from Adeney in Shropshire, named in Old English as Eadwynna ey "island of a woman called Eadwynn". English: from a Middle English pet form of Adam. Forms such as Adenet, Adinot, Addy, and Adey are all well attested. Possibly an Americanized spelling of Norwegian Aadnøy, a habitational name from a farmstead so named, from Old Norse {o,}rn "eagle" + øy "island".