Given name & surname · also Middle English

Durnford

“secret, hidden”

Durnford is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Durnford goes back to Old English dierne, meaning “secret, hidden.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Durnford comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English Durneford, from Old English dierne (“secret, hidden”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Dunsmore

“hill”

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Old English

Dunsmoor

“hill”

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Old English

Duckworth

“duck” · “enclosure”

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Old English

Dungworth

“dungeon, underground place”

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Old English

Dundon

“valley by the hill”

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Old English

Dorward

“door”

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Old English

Dummer

Dummer is a surname from Old English.

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Old English

Dufton

“dove”

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