Davenport

Meanings

1. A surname
2. A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Cheshire.
3. A surname from Irish of Irish origin from the Gaelic Ó Donndubhartaigh.
4. A surname from Anglo-Norman of Anglo-Norman origin: de avesne port, where avesne is derived from Frankish avisna ("field" see:Wiese).
5. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
6. A place in the United Kingdom
7. A hamlet in Brereton parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8065).
8. A suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8988).
9. A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
10. A number of places in the United States:
11. A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California.
12. A city in Polk County, Florida.

1. A large sofa, especially a formal one.
2. A writing desk, especially a small one.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.