The dowd Surname
dowd Name Meaning and History
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhda ‘descendant of Dubhda’, a byname derived from dubh ‘dark’, ‘black’. The family were chieftains in Sligo and Mayo.
- English: from the personal name Dowd, a variant of David.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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