Origin of the name Dudley: Transferred use of the surname originating from the place-name Dudda's Lea, which is composed from the obsolete Old English personal name Dudda and lēah (wood, clearing, meadow, enclosure).
The name Dudley is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Dudley is: From the people's meadow. From a surname and place name derived from the Old English, meaning 'Dudda's clearing'. Famous bearer: Actor Dudley Moore.
Origin of the name Dudley: Transferred use of the surname originating from the place-name Dudda's Lea, which is composed from the obsolete Old English personal name Dudda and lēah (wood, clearing, meadow, enclosure).
The name of Dudu creates a very quick, analytical and clever mind; you are very creative, versatile, original and independent. You have large ambitions, and it is difficult for you to be tolerant and understanding with those who desire less in life or who are more slow and methodical by nature.
North German (Düe): from the Germanic personal name Dudo, which is of uncertain derivation. ... Danish: from due 'pigeon', 'dove', applied as a metonymic occupational name for a dove keeper or as a nickname. In some cases, perhaps an altered form of French Ledoux.
Duer Name Meaning. German (Dür): variant of Dürr (see Durr). ... Danish: habitational name, from a short form of a place called Duerlund.
The surname Duff has several origins. ... The surname Duff is also sometimes a short form of Duffin (when of Gaelic origin), and MacElduff (from Mac Giolla Duibh), and Duffy (a name with multiple origins). The Gaelic dubh ("black", "dark") is a word-element which forms a part of many Gaelic names.
Duffy is a surname of Irish origin that comes from the original Irish name Ó Dubhthaigh, meaning descendant or grandson of Dubhthach. Dubhthach was an Old Irish first name meaning "Black".
Duffy is a surname of Irish origin that comes from the original Irish name Ó Dubhthaigh, meaning descendant or grandson of Dubhthach. Dubhthach was an Old Irish first name meaning "Black".
Linguistically, Douglas is derived from the Gaelic elements: dubh, meaning "dark, black"; and glas, meaning "stream" (also a derivative of glas, meaning "green"). The surname Douglas is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so-named.
