Dowdell

Habitational name from a lost Ovedale or Uvedale which gave rise to the 14th-century surname de Uvedale alias de Ovedale connected with the manor of D'Ovesdale in Litlington, Cambridgeshire, first recorded as “manor of Overdale, otherwise Dowdale” in 1408. The name may also occasionally arise from Dovedale in Derbyshire meaning “valley of the river Dove” from the river name + Old Norse dalr meaning “valley.”