Given name & surname

Duxbury

“fortified place”

Duxbury is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Duxbury goes back to a word meaning “fortified place.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Duxbury comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Old English

Dunbabin

“black, dark coloured”

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Old English

Tewksbury

Tewksbury is a surname from Old English.

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Old English · Nature

Ashbury

“ash tree”

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Old English

Fosbury

“fort”

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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”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Welsh

Dunsmuir

“moor”

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