The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Duibhidhir“descendant of Duibhuidhir”
- English todayDwyer
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhidhir (“descendant of Duibhuidhir”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black, dark”) + odhar (“sallow, tawny”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.