Dean
English edit
Etymology edit
The surname or given name is of multiple origins, depending on context:
- Medieval Latin decanum (“group of ten”) and Byzantine Greek δεκανός (dekanós); see dean
- Old English Dene (“Dane, Norseman”)
- Middle English dene (“valley”), from Old English dene
- Hebrew דין (“law, judgment”) and Arabic دين (“way of life, creed”)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Dean (countable and uncountable, plural Deans)
- A title afforded to a dean.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Middle English from Middle English dene “valley”.
- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname or originating as an occupation derived from the title.
- A placename:
- Any of various villages and hamlets in England:
- A village and civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0725).
- A hamlet in Kentisbury parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6245). [1]
- A hamlet in West Down parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5042). [2]
- A hamlet in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, east Dorset (OS grid ref ST9715). [3]
- A hamlet in Bishop's Waltham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5619). [4]
- A hamlet in Sparsholt parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4431). [5]
- A hamlet in Spelsbury parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3422).
- A hamlet in Cranmore parish, Mendip district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6744).
- A small township in the Shire of Hepburn, central Victoria, Australia.
- A small community in the Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa.
- A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
- A township and village therein, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
- A minor city in Clay County, Texas.
- Any of various villages and hamlets in England: