Given name & surname
Dunmore
“from the fortress on the hill”
Dunmore is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “from the fortress on the hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “from the fortress on the hill.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
How it developed
From Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress, fort, stronghold”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Dunmore’s family of names
Dunmore has a related form in Dunmor. In English usage, Dunmore as a surname has a related form in DUNMIRE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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