The story
- Old Irish · derived fromdoraid“doorkeeper”
- English todayDurr
* As a German surname, from the adjective dürr (“dried up”). Compare Duerr. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Doraidh, from Old Irish doraid (“doorkeeper”) (compare doras). Compare Dore.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.