Scottish: habitational name a place near Kilmarnock named
Dunlop, from Gaelic dùn ‘fort’ + possibly lápach
‘muddy’. The traditional pronunciation places the stress on the second
syllable, although nowadays it is usually placed on the first.Irish: variant of Dunleavy.Irish: Scottish
surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Lapáin ‘descendant
of Lapán’, a byname or from lápán ‘mire’,
‘dirt’ (used figuratively of a poor man) or ‘little paw’.
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