The downer Surname
downer Name Meaning and History
- Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived in an area of downland (the rolling chalk hills of Sussex, Surrey, and Kent), from Old English dun ‘down’, ‘low hill’ (of Celtic origin) + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant. Dun is a common element of English place names.
- Irish: variant of Dooner 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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