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denny Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish and English: from a pet form of Dennis.
  2. English: habitational name from a place in Cambridgeshire, most probably named with Old English Dene ‘Dane’ + eg ‘island’.
  3. Scottish: habitational name from Denny in Stirlingshire.
  4. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibhne (see Deeney).
  5. Irish (Cork): less frequently, a reduced Anglicization of Gaelic Ó Duineachdha (see Dennehy).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of denny Families in the US in 1920
Number of denny families
 106-210
 36-105		 1-35
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