Dronfield
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English drān (“drone, male bee”) + feld (“field”).
Proper noun
editDronfield (countable and uncountable, plural Dronfields)
- A town and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3578).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dronfield is the 13696th most common surname in England, belonging to 395 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dronfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 490.