Irish (of English origin): habitational name from Dovedale in
Derbyshire, ‘valley (Middle English dale) of the river Dove’
(see Dove 1).
Irish: English surname adopted by bearers of
Gaelic Ó Dubhdáleithe (see Dudley 2).
English: habitational name from a lost place Ovedale or Uvedale,
which gave rise to the 14th-century surname de Uvedale alias
de Ovedale, connected with the manor of D’Oversdale in
Litlington, Cambridgeshire; this is first recorded as ‘manor of
Overdale otherwise Dowdale’ in 1408.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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