Dowden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Dowden Dowdens Dowding

Etymology

Patronymic surname, from an unattested Old English personal name *Dogod, perhaps derived from dugan (“to avail, serve”).

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