English Explanatory Dictionary

Dawnay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Norman French

Word forms

Dawnay

Etymology

From Norman d'Aunai (de + Aunai, literally “from Alder Grove”), a habitational name for someone from one of many locations in France named for alder groves, including Annay, Aulnay, and Aunay.

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