Etymology

Dabney

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Today it means: A surname from Norman. Full definition →

Medieval Latin Albiniacus ← Latin Albinius
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  1. Latin · derived fromAlbinius
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromAlbiniacus
  3. English todayDabney

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from de (“of”) and the toponym Aubigny or Aubigné, from Medieval Latin Albiniacus, from the Roman gens, Latin Albinius.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.