Given name & surname · also Old English

Dome

“judge”

Dome is a surname from Old English (ultimately Hungarian).

Meaning & origin

What it means

Dome goes back to Old English dēma, meaning “judge.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Dome comes from Old English, and ultimately from Hungarian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Dome as a surname developed from Demeter.

Dome’s family of names

In English usage, Dome as a surname developed from Demeter.

Walk Dome’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Dome, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Delve

“delf, ditch”

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Old English

Dowden

“to avail, serve”

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Old English

Downley

“hill, mountain”

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Hungarian

Dongo

“bumblebee”

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Hungarian

Doboș

“drummer”

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Hungarian

Dobos

Dobos is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in English and Hungarian.

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Old English

Docking

“dock, a weedy plant”

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Old English

Diggle

“a powerful ruler”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Dome’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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