Given name & surname
Dour
“a man from the water”
Dour is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “a man from the water.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “a man from the water.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
Dour’s family of names
Dour has a related form in Doure. In Greek usage, Dour as a surname is a transliteration of Δουρ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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