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Disharoon French (Americanized)Americanized form of an unidentified French name, possibly de Charente. This name was established in MD by the end of the 17th century.
Diskin Irish (Anglicized)Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Díscín "descendant of
Díscín", which may be derived from
díosc "barren". The place name Ballyeeskeen, now Ballydiscin, in County Sligo, is derived from the surname.
Disraeli Italian, JewishOriginally denoted a person who came from Israel. This surname was borne by the British politician, statesman and novelist Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; he is also the only British prime minister to have been of Jewish origin.
Dissanayake SinhaleseFrom Sanskrit देश
(desha) meaning "region, country, kingdom" and नायक
(nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Distel German, Low German, DutchTopographic name for someone who lived by a patch of ground overgrown with thistles, or perhaps a nickname for a "prickly" person, from Middle High German, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch
distel "thistle".
Distler GermanTopographic name for someone who lived in a place where thistles grew, from German
Distel "thistle" (see
Distel) and
-er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.
Dith KhmerDerived from Sanskrit पण्डित
(paṇḍitá) meaning "scholar, teacher, learned man". It can also be considered a form of the Chinese surname
Di.
Dittmann GermanVariant of
Dittmar. In eastern Germany, this form has been used for Dittmar since the 15th century.
Dixie EnglishFrom the given name
Dick or from the Latin word
dixi "I have spoken".
Dizon FilipinoFrom Hokkien 二孫
(di-sun) or 二孙
(di-sun) meaning "second grandson".
Dizznee LiteraturePerhaps a variant of
Disney, likely used by Shannon Messenger in her book series
Keeper of the Lost Cities for this reason.
Djazairi Arabic (Maghrebi)Derived from Arabic الجزائر
(al-Jazā’ir) meaning "the islands", referring to the country of Algeria or referring to an Algerian person. This surname could be used to refer to someone from the city of Algiers, or just a general Algerian person.
Djokoto Africanfrom Togo Lome, Vogan in west Africa from the djokoto family.
Dlutowski PolishA Polish surname originating in central Poland, Dlutowski literary translates into “of Dłutów”.
Doak ScotsA Scots Gaelic name said to be either an Anglicized version of
Dabhóc that is a pet form of the given name David or a pet form of the given name Caradoc.
Doane IrishIrish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Dubháin ‘descendant of
Dubhán’, meaning ‘the little black one’, a common name in the 16th century in southern Ireland, or
Ó Damháin ‘descendant of
Damhán’ meaning ‘fawn’, ‘little stag’, a rare Ulster name... [
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Dobb EnglishFrom a nickname of Robert, a variant is Dobbs.
Dobbe EnglishFrom the medieval personal name
Dobbe, one of several pet forms of
Robert in which the initial letter was altered. Compare
Hobbs.
Dobberstein GermanMetonymic occupational name for a dice maker or a nickname for a dice player, from Middle High German topel ‘die’ + stein ‘stone’, ‘cube’.
Dobbins EnglishMeans "son of Dobbin," which is a medieval diminutive of the name Dob, a medieval short form of the personal name
Robert.
Dobell English (Australian)Sir William. 1899–1970, Australian portrait and landscape painter. Awarded the Archibald prize (1943) for his famous painting of Joshua Smith which resulted in a heated clash between the conservatives and the moderns and led to a lawsuit.
Dobesh Czech (Americanized)Americanized spelling of Czech Dobeš, from the Czech personal name Tobiáš, or of German Döbesch, from the same Czech personal name or some other Slavic form of Tobias .
Doby EnglishFrom a diminutive of the given name
Dob or
Dobbe, itself a medieval diminutive of
Robert (one of several rhyming nicknames of Robert in which the initial letter was altered; compare
Hobbs).
Dock NorwegianHabitational name from a farm called Dokk, from Old Norse
dǫkk "pit, hollow, depression", itself from Proto-Germanic
*dankwaz "dark".
Dock GermanAn occupational name for someone who worked with textiles, related to the German word
Tuch "cloth, piece of fabric".
Docker EnglishDocker is a locational surname from Docker, Westmoreland and Docker, Lancashire. May also refer to the occupation of dockers.
Dodds EnglishFrom
dod, meaning "something rounded" in German.
Dodge EnglishPossibly a nickname from Middle English
dogge "dog" (Old English
docga,
dogga).
Dodie Scottish (Modern)Dodie is a Scottish shortening of the name "Dorothy" it is quite rare and one of the only famous people with this name is the singer/songwrite Dodie Clark.
Doe EnglishAn English nickname for a gentle person from the word for a female deer. Originally a female first name transferred to use as a surname. Well known in American law as a hypothetical surname for a person unnamed in legal proceedings, as in Jane Doe or John Doe.
Doepner GermanDerived from Middle Low German
top and
dop "pot". This is an occupational surname originally given to a potter.
Doerflinger GermanHabitational name for someone from any of several places in Bavaria named Dörfling.
Dogg EnglishFrom the word dog this is the stage surname of American rapper Snoop Dogg born Calvin Broadus Jr. (b. 1971)
Dohrmann Low GermanNorth German topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of a town or city (see
Thor).
Doi JapaneseDo ("Earth") + I ("Habitation") or ("Well, Mineshaft") in a different region. "Earth Well" is used mainly in the west and in Shikoku, the "Earth Habitation" kanji is used in eastern Japan. This name isn't rare and considered out of the ordinary, but it's uncommon to the ears.
Doi JapaneseFrom Japanese 土
(do) meaning "earth, soil" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Doi JapaneseFrom Japanese 土
(do) meaning "earth, soil" and 居
(i) meaning "being, sitting".
Doi JapaneseFrom Japanese 土
(do) meaning "earth, soil" and 肥
(i) meaning "manure, fertilizer".
Dōjima JapaneseFrom Japanese 堂 (
dou) meaning "temple, shrine" and 島 (
shima) meaning "island".
Dole English, Irish (Anglicized)English: from Middle English dole ‘portion of land’ (Old English dal ‘share’, ‘portion’). The term could denote land within the common field, a boundary mark, or a unit of area; so the name may be of topographic origin or a status name... [
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Dollahan IrishVariant of Hallahan, meaning "Descendent of Áilleacháin"
Domański PolishHabitational name for someone from any of various locations called Domanice or Domaniew, or places named with
Doman.
Dome EnglishOccupational name from the Old English root doma, dema ‘judge’, ‘arbiter’. Compare Dempster.
Dominczyk PolishFrom the Polish from "Little Lord." The suffix, -czyk generally denotes the diminutiveness of the root word.
Dominie ScottishOccupational name for a church schoolmaster, from Latin
domine, a vocative form of
dominus, "lord" "master".
Don ScottishDon derives from the Old Gaelic "donn", brown, or the Old English pre 7th Century "dunn", brown, or the Old English pre 7th Century "dunn", dull brown or dark, and was originally given as a distinguishing nickname to someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion.
Donabedian ArmenianPatronymic from classical Armenian tōnapet meaning ‘head of a festival’.
Donadieu FrenchMeaning “given to God”, surname given to a child because they were given to a priest or monastery or either an orpan.
Donaire Spanish, FilipinoFrom Spanish
el donaire meaning "grace,charm". It could be a nickname for a graceful or charming person.
Donato ItalianFrom the medieval personal name
Donato (Latin
Donatus, past participle of
donare, frequentative of
dare "to give"). It was the name of a 4th-century Italian bishop martyred in c. 350 under Julian the Apostate, as well as various other early saints, and a 4th-century grammarian and commentator on Virgil, widely respected in the Middle Ages as a figure of great learning.
Dondo Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 闐々 (
dondo), from ドンド (
dondo), an onomatopoeic word for sounds of thuds and bangs, referring to a water gate; to a person working at one.... [
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Donegan IrishAnglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Donnagáin. Diminutive of "donn" which means "brown," referring to hair color.
Donna ItalianProbably a matronymic, from the given name
Donna meaning "lady, mistress" in classical Italian and "woman" in modern Italian. May alternately derive from a place name.
Donnellan IrishFrom the Gaelic Domhnallain, a diminutive of Donnell/Domhnall meaning "world mighty" (Irish form of the Scottish Donald).
Donskikh RussianDerived from the name of the Don river, derived from an Aryan root meaning "river".
Donth Low German (Rare)Donth is a very rare surname that comes from Germany. No real information about this surname.
Doolittle EnglishFrom a medieval nickname applied to a lazy man (from Middle English
do "do" +
little "little"). It was borne by the American poet Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961). A fictional bearer is Eliza Doolittle, the flower seller in Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion' (1913); and a variant spelling was borne by Dr Dolittle, the physician who had the ability to talk to animals, in the series of books written by Hugh Lofting from 1920.
Doornbos DutchDenoted a person who lived near thorn bushes, derived from Dutch
doornbos literally meaning "thorn bush".
Dopereiro GalicianThis is a surname that alludes to the locality of Pereiro de Aguiar (northern Spain). Also, this is an apple tree and its fruit is the pero (apple fruit).
Do Pereyro GalicianDo Pereyro is an apple tree. It is very old surname, dating from the Middle Ages. Do Pereyro comes from Galicia (northern Spain).