Dudley
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Dowdall
Etymology
Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌdli/
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Proper noun
Dudley
- A town and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.
- A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
- Four townships in the United States, in Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Dudley Township.
Derived terms
- Dudley Port
Descendants
- Translingual: Dudleya
Anagrams
- dudely