Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 1/2/2016 by anonymous Edited 3/20/2017 by Sofia Meaning & History Habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Davenport, from the Dane river (apparently named with a Celtic cognate of Middle Welsh dafnu "to drop, to trickle") and Old English port "market town".