The dudley Surname
dudley Name Meaning and History
- English and Irish: habitational name from Dudley in the West Midlands, named from the Old English personal name Dudda (see Dodd) + Old English leah ‘woodland clearing’.
- Irish (County Cork): English name adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Dubhdáleithe ‘descendant of Dubhdáleithe’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + dá ‘two’ + léithe ‘sides’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| DUDLEY Edwin Lewis 1892-1968 |
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| Chapel Pinkey Dudley | Kara Sisk | 12 |
| Edward DUDLEY (c1605-1655) of VA | America's First Families | 33 |
| DUDLEY Minnie 1891-1967 |
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