The story
- Old English · derived fromdene“valley”
- English todayDenslow
Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Devon, from Old English dene (“valley”) + slōh (“slough, marsh”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishdene all →
deanDaneDanburyDenbyDenhamdeneDanbyDenholmLittle MissendenRattlesden
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.