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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. [ˈʌndɚ.ˈdaʊn]  [key·simplify]
Other Forms FormsUnderdoun, Underdoune

Meaning & History

topographic name for someone who lived "(at the) foot of the hill" or a habitational name from a place called Underdown. From Middle English, Old English under "under, beneath" and Middle English doun (Old English dun) "hill".
Added yesterday by Paradiso36