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Surnames Starting with D: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 3)

320 family names beginning with D. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Deer
    Scotland

    Someone who came from Deer (forest), in Aberdeenshire

  • Deere
    Scotland

    Someone who came from Deer (forest), in Aberdeenshire

  • Degan
    Ireland

    A grandson of Dubhceann (black head)

  • Degen
    Germany

    A warrior or a sword maker

  • Dehn
    Germany

    Several German personal-name and landscape routes

  • Dehne
    Germany

    A descendant of Dehn

  • DeJesus
    Spain

    Of Jesus

  • Del Giudice
    Italy

    "of the judge"

  • Del Río
    Spain

    Of the river

  • Delaney
    Ireland

    Descendant of the dark challenger

  • Delaunay
    France

    Of the alder grove

  • Delgadillo
    Spain

    Little slender one

  • Delgado
    Spain

    Thin, slender

  • Dell
    England

    A dweller at the deep hollow or vale

  • Delorme
    France

    Of the elm

  • Demann
    Germany

    Several distinct German surname explanations

  • Deming
    England

    Someone who came from Migny or Migne, in France

  • Dempsey
    Ireland

    Descendant of Díomasach ("proud")

  • Demski
    Poland

    Someone from a place named after oaks

  • Denaro
    Italy

    Money / coin

  • Dengel
    Germany

    A German Daniel form or historical nickname

  • Denham
    England

    Someone from Denham, a homestead in a valley

  • Denis
    France

    From Dionysius

  • Dennis
    England

    From Denis, or the Dane

  • Dennison
    England

    Son of Dennis

  • Denny
    Scotland

    From Denny, Stirlingshire

  • Denson
    England

    Son of Denis

  • Dent
    England

    Hill

  • Denten
    England

    Someone who came

  • Denton
    England

    Valley farm

  • Descamps
    France

    From the fields

  • Desjardins
    France

    Of the gardens

  • Desrosiers
    France

    Of the rosebushes

  • Deutsch
    Germany

    German speech or a connection with German-speaking lands

  • Deval
    France

    A dweller in the valley

  • Devaney
    Ireland

    A descendant of the cormorant or diving sea bird

  • Devaux
    France

    From the valleys

  • Dever
    Ireland

    A descendant of the successful one

  • Devine
    Ireland

    Descendant of Daimhín (little stag)

  • Devlin
    Ireland

    Descendant of Doibhilin

  • DeVries
    Netherlands

    The Frisian

  • Dewar
    Scotland

    Someone who came from Dewar (dark, plowed land) in Midlothian

  • Dewberry
    England

    Someone who came from Dewsbury (David's fort), in Yorkshire

  • Dewey
    Wales

    David

  • Dewhurst
    England

    Dewy wooded hill

  • Dexter
    England

    Dyer

  • Di Benedetto
    Italy

    Son of Benedetto / blessed

  • Di Biase
    Italy

    Of Biase / Blaise

  • Di Carlo
    Italy

    "son of Carlo"

  • Di Francesco
    Italy

    "son of Francesco"

  • Di Giacomo
    Italy

    Son of Giacomo (James)

  • Di Giorgio
    Italy

    Son of Giorgio

  • Di Giovanni
    Italy

    Of Giovanni

  • Di Maggio
    Italy

    Of Maggio / May

  • Di Martino
    Italy

    "son of Martino"

  • Di Napoli
    Italy

    Of Naples

  • Di Nardo
    Italy

    "son of Nardo"

  • Di Paola
    Italy

    "son of Paola"

  • Di Pietro
    Italy

    Son of Pietro (Peter)

  • Di Santo
    Italy

    Of Santo

  • Di Stefano
    Italy

    Son of Stefano (Stephen)

  • Dias
    Portugal

    "son of Diogo"

  • Díaz
    Spain

    Son of Diego

  • Dichter
    Germany

    A poet-related name or several older independent explanations

  • Dickinson
    England

    Son of Dickin (Richard)

  • Diemer
    Germany

    Someone from Diehmen, or a descendant of Dietmar

  • Diener
    Germany

    A servant or attendant

  • Dietrich
    Germany

    Ruler of the people

  • Díez
    Spain

    Son of Diego

  • Digby
    England

    Farm by the ditch

  • Diggs
    England

    Son of Digg (Richard)

  • Dillard
    England

    Uncertain, perhaps dill

  • Dillon
    Ireland

    Norman, from Lyons or from Delion

  • Dilworth
    England

    Someone who came from Dilworth (homestead where dill was grown)

  • Dingle
    England

    A dweller in the deep dell or narrow valley

  • Dingwall
    Scotland

    Someone who formerly lived on the lands of Ding-

  • Dinis
    Portugal

    From the personal name Dinis

  • Diniz
    Portugal

    Son of Dinis

  • Dinsdale
    England

    From Dinsdale

  • Diorio
    Italy

    The son of Iorio or Orio, pet forms of Onorio (honor)

  • Dittrich
    Germany

    From the name Dietrich

  • DiVito
    Italy

    The son of Vito

  • Dix
    England

    Son of Dick

  • Dixon
    England & Scotland

    Son of Dick (Richard)

  • Doane
    England

    Someone living by a hill slope, or of Irish origin

  • Dobbins
    England

    Little Dobb (Robert)

  • Dobek
    Poland

    A familiar name involving bravery, with a separate Slovak route

  • Doble
    England

    A descendant of little Dob

  • Dobosz
    Poland

    Drummer

  • Dobrowolski
    Poland

    From Dobra Wola, good freedom

  • Dockery
    England

    Someone from Dockray in Cumberland

  • Dodd
    England

    From Dodde

  • Dodson
    England

    Son of Dodd

  • Doe
    England

    A nickname from the female deer

  • Doering
    Germany

    Someone from Thuringia

  • Doerr
    Germany

    A descendant of Isidor, or a thin, dry person

  • Doherty
    Ireland

    Descendant of Dochartach

  • Dohrman
    England

    The beloved, or dear, man

  • Dohrmann
    England

    The beloved, or dear, man

  • Dolan
    Ireland

    Descendant of Dubhshlán

  • Dollar
    Scotland

    The man from Dollar (dale of plowed land), in Clackmannanshire

  • Domagała
    Poland

    Demanding one

  • Domanski
    Poland

    From Domanice or Domaniewo

  • Dombrowski
    Poland

    Of the oak grove

  • Domingues
    Portugal

    Son of Domingos

  • Domínguez
    Spain

    Son of Domingo

  • Domino
    Italy

    A descendant of the little, good man

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.