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Submitted Name (1)
Type Surname (from occupation)
Scripts ဒေါ်(Burmese)
Meaning & History
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the deye' or 'day,' a maid, a dairy-maid, whence 'dairy'
Submitted Name (2)
Type Surname (from given name & from nickname)
Meaning & History
English and Scottish from a pet form of
DAVID.
English nickname from the jackdaw, Middle English
dawe, a bird noted for its sleek black color, raucous voice, and thievish nature, any of which characteristics could readily have given rise to a nickname.
Submitted Name (3)
Type Surname (from given name)
Meaning & History
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó DEAGHAIDH, ‘descendant of
DEAGHADH’, a personal name of uncertain origin. It may be composed of the elements
deagh- ‘good’ +
ádh ‘luck’, ‘fate’; some such association seems to lie behind its Anglicization as Goodwin.