Dorset derives its name from the county town of Dorchester. The Romans established the settlement in the 1st century and named it Durnovaria which was a Latinised version of a Common Brittonic word possibly meaning "place with fist-sized pebbles".
Meaning & History. Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhghall, which meant "dark stranger" from dubh "dark" and gall "stranger".
Douglas (occasionally spelled Douglass) is a common surname of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the Scottish Gaelic dubh glas, meaning "black stream". ... The surname has developed into the given name Douglas. Douglas is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so-named.
Origin of the name Douglas: Transferred use of the surname derived from the Gaelic Dubhglas, a compounding of the elements dubh (black, dark) and glas (blue, green, gray). Dubhglas was a common Celtic river name, and the surname might have originated to denote one who lived near the river. Short: Doug.
The meaning of the name “Doyt” is: “Nickname for Dorothy”.
From an English surname derived from the Old Norse byname Draki or the Old English byname Draca both meaning "dragon", both via Latin from Greek δÏακων (drakon) meaning "dragon, serpent". This name coincides with the unrelated English word drake meaning "male duck".
Draik is a baby boy name its meaning is . Mostly popular in christian religion. The poeple have viewed this name 911 times.
Drake Name Meaning. English: from the Old English byname Draca, meaning 'snake' or 'dragon', Middle English Drake, or sometimes from the Old Norse cognate Draki. Both are common bynames and, less frequently, personal names.
From an English surname derived from the Old Norse byname Draki or the Old English byname Draca both meaning "dragon", both via Latin from Greek δÏακων (drakon) meaning "dragon, serpent". This name coincides with the unrelated English word drake meaning "male duck".
Meaning & History. Means "wooden pillar" or "firm footed" in Sanskrit. In the Hindu epic the 'Mahabharata' this is the name of a king of Panchala, the father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna. Home » Names.
