Dudley
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Dowdall
Etymology edit
Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Dudley
- A town and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.
- A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
- Four townships in the United States, in Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Dudley Township.
- A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Dudleya