The dey Surname
dey Name Meaning and History
- English: variant of Day 1 and 2.
- German: topographic name from a field name in North Rhine-Westphalia, denoting a sizeable piece of land.
- Welsh: from Dai or Dei, pet forms of the personal name Dafydd, Welsh form of David.
- Indian (Bengal and Orissa) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Kayasth) name, probably from Sanskrit deya ‘suitable for a gift’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Dey family in sheffield, born scotland |
 Debra Hearson
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| Are you in my family? | Avijit Kumar Dey | 4 |
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Rona68
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| Dey Family - Old Machar, ABD, Scotland |
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| George Dey Tombstone |
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| Dey in Ohio | Linda Dietz | 21 |
| Death of John Dey, Master Tailor, of Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
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| Paul Eugene Dey | Elizabeth | 17 |
| Dey Genealogy Chart is repaired and can be seen |
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| Dey Family Norfolk Virginia |
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