The dorsett Surname
dorsett Name Meaning and History
English: regional name from the county of Dorset, named from Old
English Dorn, an early name of Dorchester (of British origin,
from durn ‘fist’, probably referring to fist-sized pebbles) +
s?te ‘dwellers’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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