Last name: DAWN

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DAWN : This last name is indexed 9,089 times on Geneanet!

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DAWN : 1: English (Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire): of Norman origin probably a clipped form of Dawnay or Dawney (compare Dana) habitational names from one of the many places in northern France named for an alder grove (Old French aulnai aulnoi Latinized as alnetum). With fused preposition d(e) Anglo-Norman d'Aunai became Dawnay Dawney and (with loss of the final syllable) Dawn. Laney is another form of this surname with fused definite article. See also Dando from Anglo-Norman d'Aunou with which d'Aunai may sometimes have been confused.2: English: from Middle English Dawen a variant of Dawes with the weak declension genitival suffix -(e)n (Old English -an) instead of the standard Middle English -es. The usage is mainly restricted to West Midlands dialects of Middle English.3: Americanized form of German Daun.

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