Given name & surname · also Old English
Dunsmuir
“moor”
Dunsmuir is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Old Welsh.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dunsmuir goes back to Scots muir, meaning “moor.”
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Where it comes from
Dunsmuir comes from Old English, and ultimately from Old Welsh.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Scots muir (“moor”), from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fort, fortress”), from Old Welsh Din Maur (“great fort”).
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Similar names
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Dunsmoor
“hill”
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Dummer
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Dunsmore
“hill”
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Dungworth
“dungeon, underground place”
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Dundon
“valley by the hill”
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Dunbabin
“black, dark coloured”
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Duxbury
“fortified place”
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Duckworth
“duck” · “enclosure”
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