The dabney Surname
dabney Name Meaning and History
English (of both Norman and Huguenot origin): altered form of
French d’Aubigné, a habitational name for someone from any
of the various places in northern France called Aubigny or Aubigné,
named with the Romano-Gallic personal name Albinius (a
derivative of Latin albus ‘white’; compare Alban and
Albin) + the locative suffix -acum.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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