Doe
See also: Appendix:Variations of "doe"
English edit
Etymology edit
- As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun doe.
- As a Norman surname, from Old French d' Eu, from Eu, Seine-Maritime. That city's name could be from Frankish *auwju (“island, water meadow”) or otherwise a reduction of Latin Augusta.
Proper noun edit
Doe (plural Does)
Usage notes edit
This is often used as a pseudonymous surname.
Coordinate terms edit
- (English-language pseudonymous surname): Roe
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Doe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 473.