The dinwiddie Surname
dinwiddie Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name for someone from Dinwoodie near
Dumfries. The place name is of uncertain derivation; it is first
recorded in 1296 in the form Dinwithie, Dunwythye (then
later 1482 Donwethy, 1503 Dunwedy, 1578
Dumwiddie) and is probably named with British words that are
ancestors of Welsh din ‘forest’ + gwydd ‘shrubs’,
‘bushes’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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