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Dubec FrenchGeographical
du bec "from the stream".
Bec (from Germanic
baki) is a regional term in Normandy for a stream.
Dubosque FrenchDuBosque means 'of the forest' in french and was a surname given typically to someone from a rural treed area.
Dubreuil FrenchTopographic name derived from Old French
breuil meaning "marshy woodland" (also derived from Late Latin
brogilum, of Gaulish origin). In French the term later came to mean "enclosed woodland" and then "cleared woodland", and both these senses may also be reflected in the surname.
Dubuisson FrenchA topographic name for someone who lived in an area of scrub land or by a prominent clump of bushes, derived from Old French
buisson meaning "small tree, bush, scrub".
Duca RomanianDerived from the old Romanian title
duca "vaivode duke".
Ducasse FrenchFrench: topographic name for someone who lived by an oak tree, from Old French casse ‘oak (tree)’ (Late Latin cassanos, a word of Celtic origin), with the fused preposition and article du ‘from the’... [
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Duchemin FrenchEither a topographic name with fused preposition and definite article
du "from the" for someone who lived beside a path from
chemin "path way" (from Late Latin
caminus a word of Gaulish origin); or a habitational name for someone from Le Chemin the name of several places in various parts of France.
Duchêne FrenchMeans "from the oak (tree)" in French, used to denote a person who lived near an oak tree or an oak forest.
Duck English, IrishEnglish from Middle English
doke "duck", hence a nickname for someone with some fancied resemblance to a duck, or an occupational name for someone who kept or hunted ducks. Alternatively, a variant form of
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Duck DutchDutch variant of Duyck. In a German-speaking environment, this is also a variant of van Dyck and Dyck.
Duckworth EnglishHabitational name from Duckworth Fold, in the borough of Bury, Lancashire, which is named from Old English
fuce "duck" and
wor{dh} "enclosure".
Duclos Frenchdu 'from the' from Old French clos 'enclosure' (see Clos ) or a habitational name for someone from Le Clos the name of several places in various parts of France so it means "from the enclosure"
Dudayev Chechen, Ossetian (Russified)Russified form of a Chechen and Ossetian family name of disputed meaning; the name may be derived from Ossetian дудахъхъ
(dudaqq) meaning "bustard", from Ingush тат
(tat) meaning "Mountain Jew", or from Circassian дадэ
(dade) meaning "grandfather" or "king, head, chief"... [
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Duddridge EnglishIt is locational from a "lost" medieval village probably called Doderige, since that is the spelling in the first name recording (see below). It is estimated that some three thousand villages and hamlets have disappeared from the maps of Britain over the past thousand years... [
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Dude EnglishDerived from Old English word
doughty which meant "manly".
Dudin RussianDerived from Russian дудка
(dudka), which denotes a wind-blown instrument similar to a flute or pipe. It was probably used to denote a musician or shepherd who played the flute or pipe, as well as someone who made pipes... [
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Dudkin RussianDerived from Russian дудка
(dudka) meaning "fife, pipe", referring to a folk instrument played by shepherds. Thus, it was used to denote someone who made pipes or a shepherd who played pipes.
Dudziak PolishNickname for a person who played the bagpipes or perhaps sold them, derived from Polish
duda meaning "bagpipe".
Duerre GermanTopographic name for a person who lived on a dry, barren land, derived from Old German
durri and German
dürre meaning "barren, infertile". It could also be a variant of
Dürr.
Duesler Upper GermanAndrew & brother Jacob were the Progenitors of Duesler, Duessler, Dueßler from 1752 Germany to America. ... [
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Dufau FrenchThe name DUFAU come from two French words DU which means « of the » and FAU which is old French for a beech tree. Surnames in France were given later so the person with this name meant he/she had a beech tree in his property... [
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Dufault FrenchAlternate spelling of Dufau, meaning "of the beech tree."
Duffield EnglishThe meaning is dove field or open country. It's origin is the Yorkshire area named after a few places there.... [
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Dufresne FrenchTopographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree from Old French
fraisne fresne "ash" from Latin
fraxinus "ash".
Dugal IndianBased on the name of a Khatri clan. In India the name is more commonly spelled
Duggal.
Dugmore Medieval EnglishThis habitational name is chiefly found in the West Midlands region of England. The origin is certainly Old English pre 7th Century and may be Ancient British i.e. pre Roman 55 A.D. The origins are lost but are believed to develop from "Dubh" meaning "black" and "mor" a morass or swamp... [
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Dugonja BosnianThis surname is used at: Sarajevo, Mostar, Dubrovnik, Novi Pazar.
Duguid ScottishProbably "do good", from a Scottish nickname for a well-intentioned person or (ironically) a do-gooder.
Duhamel FrenchTopographic name for someone who lived in a hamlet, from Old French hamel, a diminutive of ham "homestead", with fused preposition and definite article du.
Dukakis GreekDukakis means "son of the duke or little duke".
Dukakis GreekAlternate transcription of Greek Δουκάκης (see
Doukakis). This name is borne by the American lawyer and politician Michael Dukakis (1933-), who served as Governor of Massachusetts twice... [
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Dukelow EnglishThis surname is of Old French origin. It was initially introduced into England by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066, and subsequently by French Huguenot refugees fleeing religious persecutions in their own country... [
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Dul KhmerDerived from Sanskrit डुल
(dula) meaning "shake, tremble".
Du Lac Arthurian RomanceIn the series Merlin, this was the surname of Sir Lancelot: Lancelot du Lac. du Lac possibly means "of the lake."
Dulay Filipino, TagalogOccupational name for a picker of fruit or a gatherer of bird nests, from Tagalog
dulay meaning "climbing a tree".
Dulcamara Italiangiven to my great great grandfather who was left on the doorstep of a church in Chiavari Italy. The priest took inspiration from names of plants in the garden. This one came from the plant in English would mean 'bitter sweet nightshade'
Dülger TurkishMeans "carpenter" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian درگر
(dorgar).
Dulin FrenchThe surname Dulin is most common in France and is an occupational name meaning "from flax". Pronounced "du LIN" in English; however, in French it is pronounced "du LON". Anglicized in some cases as Duling, Dowling, or Dulong (a more common French surname brought to England, Ireland and Scotland from French Normans and later Huguenots).
Dulquer ArabicThe name is derived from the Arabic word "Dhul-Qarnayn". Actor Dulquer Salmaan says it means Warrior. but another meaning is "Expressive, Diplomatic"
Dumagit VisayanLiterally "to swoop" or "to snatch" in Cebuano. Related to Dumaguete, capital of the province of Negros Oriental.
Dumfries Scottish, Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)From the name of a market town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, derived from Gaelic
dùn meaning "fort" and
preas meaning "thicket". This surname is found predominantly in Aruba, the Netherlands and Suriname... [
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Dumlao Filipino, IlocanoLikely a nickname for an attentive or perceptive person, derived from Ilocano
dumlaw meaning "to notice".
Dummitt EnglishHabitational name from Dumart-en-Ponthieu in Somme, France.
Dumoulin French, WalloonVariant with fused preposition and definite article
du "from the" of
Moulin meaning "from the mill" and This surname is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium and in the Netherlands.
Dunacre English (British)From Scottish Gaelic dun or donn, meaning 'fort' or 'brown' respectively, and acre, as in a plot of land. Dunaway EnglishOriginally indicated someone who came from the village and civil parish of
Dunwich in Suffolk, England, derived from Old English
dun meaning "hill" (or possibly
dune meaning "valley") and
weg meaning "way"... [
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Dunayevsky RussianDerived from the
Danube, the second-longest river in Europe. Two famous bearers are Soviet film composer and conductor Isaak Dunayevsky (1900-1955), and his son, Russian film composer Maksim Dunayevsky (1945-).
Dundas Scottish, Northern IrishScottish and northern Irish (Counties Leitrim and Fermanagh): habitational name from Dundas, a place near Edinburgh, Scotland, which is named from Gaelic
dùn ‘hill’ +
deas ‘south’.
Dundass ScottishVariation of Dundas possibly miss spelled at imagination into Quebec (Lower Canada) late 18th Century
Dundee ScottishFrom the name of the city of
Dundee in Scotland, derived from Gaelic
dùn meaning "fort" and
dè meaning "fire".
Dundović CroatianPatronymic of the Ragusan word dundo meaning "uncle" or "gentleman" and originating from the Latin word dominus (meaning "master" or "sir").
Dundreary EnglishThis was a nickname for someone who had dundrearies, which were long sideburns.
Dunford EnglishDerived either from Dunford Bridge in Yorkshire (named after the River Don and the English word “Ford”), or from Dunford House in Yorkshire (named after “Dunn’s Ford”). One known bearer is US General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Dunkinson English (British)Derives from the Scottish surname of
Duncanson with the same meaning of "son of
Duncan". Likewise, it may derive further from the Gaelic male given name "Donnchad", related ultimately to "Donncatus", a Celtic personal name of great antiquity.
Dunmore English, ScottishHabitational name from Dunmore Farm in Oxfordshire or from any of many places in Scotland named in Gaelic as Dún Môr 'great hill'.
Dunne Irish, English, ScottishThis surname means dark and was likely given to those with a dark complexion or with dark hair.
Dunwoody Scottish, Scottish GaelicIt is said that the origin is pre 7th century Gaelic from ''dun'' or ''din'' meaning a wood or forest and ''gwydd'' which means much the same. Arguably the name means wood - wood, a result of language and dialect changing several times in the past 1500 years.
Duong KhmerMeans "disk, circle" or "dear, darling, beloved" in Khmer.
Dupain FrenchMeans "of the bread" in French, probably used as an occupational name for a baker.
Dupin FrenchMeans "of the pine tree" in French, referring to a person who lived near a pine tree or was from any of various locations named Le Pin.
Duplain Frenchtopographic name from Old French
plain an adjective meaning "flat" and a noun meaning "plain" with fused preposition and definite article
du "from the".
Duque Spanish, PortugueseSpanish and Portuguese cognitive of
Duke. from
duque "duke" (from Latin
dux genitive
ducis "leader") an occupational name for someone who worked in the household of a duke or as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces.
Durbin FrenchDerived from the place called D'urban or D'urbin in Languedoc
Durden EnglishA different form of
Dearden. A fictional bearer is Tyler Durden, a character from Chuck Palahniuk's 'Fight Club' (1996) and its subsequent film adaptation (1999).
Duret FrenchDerived from French
dur meaning "hard, tough".
Durham EnglishDenotes a person from either the town of Durham, or elsewhere in County Durham, in England. Durham is derived from the Old English element
dun, meaning "hill," and the Old Norse
holmr, meaning "island."
Durieux FrenchDerived from Old French
riu meaning "river, stream", originally used to indicate someone who lived by a stream.
Durko Russian, Ukrainian, BelarusianDerived either from Russian дурной
(durnoy) or Ukrainian дурний
(durnyi) or Belarusian дурны
(durny) all meaning "dump, foolish, stupid".
Durmaz TurkishDerived from Turkish
durmak meaning "to stop" or "to remain, to persist".
Durning IrishFirst found in County Antrim, Ireland, Durning is possibly an Anglicized form of O'Duirnin. The name is derived from "dorn", which means "fist".
Durrani PashtoDerived from Persian در
(dorr) meaning "pearl". It was historically used in the phrase
padshah durr-i durran meaning "king pearl of the age", a title used by Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan.
Durrenberger Germanhabitational name for someone from any of numerous places in Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony, and Silesia named Dür(r)nberg or Dürrenberg
Dursley English (British)Of English origin and is locational from a place so called in Gloucestershire, which was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Dersilege', in the Pipe Rolls of Gloucestershire in 1195 as 'Derseleie' and in the Fees of 1220 as 'Dursleg'... [
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Durward English, Scottish (?)Means "guardian of the door, door-keeper" (cf.
Durward). A fictional bearer of the surname is Quentin Durward, eponymous hero of the novel (1823) by Sir Walter Scott.
Dushaj AlbanianIt comes from serbian name ''dusha'' meaning soul.In serbian ''dusha moja'' means my sweatheart.Probably a nickname or name given to the patriarch of the dushaj family that got taken as a surname by his descendants later on,adding the popular albanian ending -aj.
Düsterwald GermanDerived from Middle Low German
düster "dark" combined with Old High German
wald "forest".
Duszenko PolishIt appears Duza means soul, nickname for someone with a kind heart
Dut AfricanDut is a surname among the Dinka people in South Sudan.
Dutcher Anglo-SaxonThe name Dutcher is Anglo-Saxon in origin. It was a name given to a worker who was a dike or ditch maker. The surname Dutcher was first found in East Sussex and either Upper Dicker or Lower Dicker, villages that date back to 1229 where they were listed as Diker... [
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