Names

Name for someone who lived on or near a down, which an English word meaning “hill”.

From the given name Ovidio.

Variant of Douglas.

Anglicized form of Gaelic Dubhghlas, which meant “dark river” from dubh “dark” and glais “water, river” (an archaic word related to glas “grey, green”). This is the name of various places in Scotland, such as a tributary of the River Clyde.

Variant of Doherty.

Means “small oak” in Czech, derived from dub “oak”.

Means “from Orsay”, referring to the town of Orsay near Paris, its name deriving from the Latin personal name Orcius.

Means “son of Đorđe”.

From Irish Ó Deoráin meaning “descendant of Deoradhán”, where Deoradhán is a given name meaning “exile, wanderer”.

Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Donndubháin meaning “descendant of Donndubhán”.