Downey

The story

1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromdùn“hill”
2. Irish · derived fromÓ Dúnadhaigh“descendant of Dúnadhach”
3. English todayDowney

Various origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnadhaigh (“descendant of Dúnadhach”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of dúnadh (“closing, securing, fastening”). * Irish surname from a reduced form of McEldowney or Muldowney. * Scottish habitational surname from the barony of Downie or Duny, named from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“hill”) + the locative suffix -ach.

Words from the same roots