Given name & surname · also Old English

Denning

Denning is a surname from Old English, ultimately from German.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Denning comes from Old English, and ultimately from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Denning.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Denning’s family of names

In English usage, Denning as a surname has a related form in DINNING.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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