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This page represents the following Surnames: Durnell.
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Durnell Name Meaning and History
English (Avon): perhaps a variant of Darnell.
Darnell Name Meaning and History
From Old French darnel ‘darnel’, an annual grass, Lolium temulentum, hence perhaps a topographic name. However, according to Reaney, the plant was believed to produce intoxication, so its adoption as a surname may have been for quite different reasons. In the British Isles the name is found chiefly in the central and east Midlands.
Variant spelling of Darnall.
Darnall Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Darnall, now a district of Sheffield, Yorkshire, or Darnhall in Cheshire, both named from Old English derne ‘hidden’, ‘secret’ + halh ‘nook’.
Family Motto: ‘Deus Nobiscum’ (God Be With Us)
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Surname References from:
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Encyclopedia of Surnames, John Ayto, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, ISBN 978 0 7136 8144 4
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