Dean.
A title afforded to a dean.
Meaning & usage
A title afforded to a dean.
A surname A habitational surname from Middle English from Middle English dene “valley”.
A surname A surname from Irish
A surname A surname from Scottish
A surname A surname originating as an occupation
A surname A surname transferred from the given name
A male given name
A male given name A male given name transferred from the surname
A male given name A male given name originating as an occupation derived from the title.
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Any of various villages and hamlets in England: A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0725).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Any of various villages and hamlets in England: A hamlet in Lynton and Lynmouth parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS7048).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Any of various villages and hamlets in England: A hamlet in Trentishoe parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6245).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Any of various villages and hamlets in England: A hamlet in West Down parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5042).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Any of various villages and hamlets in England: A hamlet in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, east Dorset (OS grid ref ST9715).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Any of various villages and hamlets in England: A hamlet in Bishop's Waltham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5619).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Any of various villages and hamlets in England: A hamlet in Sparsholt parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4431).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Any of various villages and hamlets in England: A locality between Water and Weir, Rossendale borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8525).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Any of various villages and hamlets in England: A hamlet in Spelsbury parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3422).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Any of various villages and hamlets in England: A hamlet in Cranmore parish, Mendip district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6744).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: Ellipsis of Dean Village: A neighbourhood, a former village in Edinburgh, Scotland.
A placename: A small township in the Shire of Hepburn, central Victoria, Australia.
A placename: A small community in the Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A township and village therein, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Clay County, Texas.
Where this word comes from
The surname or given name is of multiple origins, depending on context: * As an English surname, from Middle English dene (“valley”). * Also as an English surname, from the noun dean. Cognate to Deacon. * Also as an English surname, from the personal name Deyne, a rhyming form of Reynald (see Reginald). * As an Irish surname, variant of Deane. * As a Scottish surname, from Dean Castle in Kilmarnock, itself from the noun meaning valley. * Old English Dene (“Dane, Norseman”) * Hebrew דין (“law, judgment”) and Arabic دين (“way of life, creed”)
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