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Di Nardo Italian (Tuscan)Ancient and illustrious family, called Nardo, Nardi or De Nardi, originally from Tuscany, spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy.
Dinç TurkishMeans "energetic, vigorous, active" in Turkish.
Dinçer TurkishFrom Turkish
dinç meaning "vigorous, energetic, active" and
er meaning "man, hero, brave".
Dineen Irish (Anglicized)Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Duinnín which meant "descendant of Duinnín". The byname
Duinnín was derived from a diminutive of Gaelic
donn meaning "brown" (i.e. "brown-haired man") or "chieftain".
Dinger EnglishMeans "one who rings the bell," which is most likely a butler
Dingfelder Medieval German (Rare, Archaic)When surnames were finally adopted, family heads who originated from Thungfeld in the Steigerwald area of Mittelfranken, took the name of their traditional home area.
Dingle EnglishA name for someone who lives near a dingle, a small wooded dell or hollow.
Dingli MalteseDingli is a surname coming from the small village of Had-Dingli in Malta.
Dinjer German (Rare)Occupational surname that originated in the German dialect spoken in the Rhineland-Palatinate region. ... [
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Dinkin Jewish (Ashkenazi)Metronymic with the addition of the Slavic possessive suffix
-in, derived from the Yiddish female personal name
Dinke, a hypocoristic form of Biblical
Dinah, that in turn, derived from Hebrew
dina, meaning “judged” or “vindicated”.
Dinkin IrishShortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn, meaning “descendant of
Donnchean, which is a byname composed of the elements
donn meaning “brown-haired man” or “chieftain” +
ceann meaning “head.”
Dinklage GermanOccupational name for a grain farmer or grain merchant, derived from an agent derivative of Middle High German
dinkel meaning "spelt" (a variety of wheat). It could also be derived from
Dinkelsbühl, a historic town in the state of Bavaria (formerly in central Franconia), or
Dinklage, a town in the Vechta district, in Lower Saxony, Germany... [
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Dinn EnglishFrom a short form of the personal name Dinis, a variant of Dennis.
Dinwiddie ScottishHabitational name from Dinwoodie near Dumfries. The place name is first recorded in 1296 in the form
Dinwithie/
Dunwythye and is probably named with British words that are ancestors of Welsh
din meaning “forest” +
gwydd meaning “shrubs, bushes.”
Dio ItalianMeans God in Italian. It was born as a stage name by Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), an American Heavy Metal Musician.
Dioaiuti ItalianMeans "may god help you", from
dio "god" and
aiutare "to help, assist". Most often given to foundlings and orphans.
Dion FrenchMeaning uncertain. It may be a habitational name from any of various locations called Dion or Dionne, derived from the Gaulish element
divon- meaning "(sacred) spring" or Celtic
dēwos meaning "god, deity"... [
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Diop Western African, WolofFrom
Joob, the name of a Wolof clan, derived from a totemic word meaning "black craned swan" or "peacock".
Diotallevi ItalianMeans "god raise you", from Italian
dio "god, deity" and
allevi "to raise (children)". Often given to abandoned or orphaned children.
Dipasupil Filipino, TagalogMeans "cannot be suppressed" from Tagalog
di- meaning "no, not" and
supil meaning "subdued, suppressed".
Di Pego Italianthe origin of di Pego is unknown, but translates to 'I caught', in Italian.... [
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Di Pietrantonio ItalianThe surname Di Pietrantonio literally means "son of Pietro" and indicates in a reinforcing way the descent from the progenitor named Pietro.
Dischinger GermanHabitational name for someone from Dischingen near Neresheim or Oberdischingen near Ehingen in Württemberg.
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.
Dishman German (Americanized)Americanized form of North German Dischmann or Tischmann: occupational name for a joiner from Middle Low German disch 'table' + man 'man'.
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.
Dissabandara SinhaleseFrom Sanskrit दिशा
(diśā) meaning "region, quarter, direction" combined with the Sinhala title බණ්ඩාර
(baṇḍāra) meaning "chief's son, prince".
Dissanayake SinhaleseFrom Sanskrit दिशा
(diśā) meaning "region, quarter, direction" and नायक
(nāyaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Distel German, Low German, DutchMeans "thistle" in German and Dutch, a topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of ground overgrown with thistles, or perhaps a nickname for a "prickly" person.
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.
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".
Doldersum DutchFrom the name of a village, derived from
heim "home, settlement" and an uncertain first element.
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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Dolin RussianFrom Russian
долой (doloy), meaning "away (with), off (with)".
Dollahan IrishVariant of Hallahan, meaning "Descendent of Áilleacháin"
Dolle German (?)“Dolle is a German word for a specific type of lock used on boats and also a small town in Germany”