Dudley

Meanings

1. A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
3. A place in England:
4. A market town and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9490).
5. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2673).
6. A place in Canada:
7. A community in Muskoka Lakes township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.
8. A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario.
9. A number of places in the United States:
10. A minor city in Laurens County, Georgia.
11. A ghost town in Wapello County, Iowa.
12. A ghost town in Polk County, Iowa.

1. A miner's container for water for drinking.

1. Alternative form of Dudley (“miner's water container”).

Etymology

From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".