English Explanatory Dictionary

Doane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Doane Doanes Doan

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubháin (“descendant of Dubhán”), a diminutive of dubh (“black”), or a reduced Anglicized form of Ó Damháin (“descendant of Damhán”), from a diminutive of damh (“ox, stag”).

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