English (of Norman origin): nickname for a lazy man or a
sleepyhead, from Old French dormeor ‘sleeper’, ‘sluggard’
(Latin dormitor, from dormire to sleep).English:
most probably a habitational name, as medieval forms with de
are found, but if so the place of origin has not been identified.Irish: when not of the same origin as 1 or 2, this is a reduced
Anglicized form of the Donegal name Ó Díorma, a reduced
form of Ó Duibhdhíormaigh ‘descendant of
Duibhdhíormach’, a personal name composed of Gaelic
dubh ‘black’ + díormach ‘trooper’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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