Dando

See also: dando and dẫn độ

English

Etymology 1

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from one of the two villages named Aunou, in France.

Alternative forms

• Dendle

Proper noun

Dando (plural Dandos)

1. A surname from Norman.

Derived terms

• Compton Dando

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dando is the 36838^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 606 individuals. Dando is most common among White (90.76%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Hotten explains this as the name of a man once famed for devouring large portions of oysters etc. at restaurants and then admitting he had no money.

Noun

Dando (plural Dandos)

1. (UK, slang, archaic) A voracious eater.
   • 1844, James MacGauran, Walter Clayton: A tale of the Gordon Riots, page 2:

     It is plaguily annoying to want a dinner, and have the appetite of a Dando — to be asked for a large debt, when your pockets cannot conceal a solitary shilling […]

   • 1904, Robert Smith Surtees, The Analysis of the Hunting Field, page 9:

     […] have we not made out our case that a Master requires the propensities of Bacchus, with the appetite of a Dando […]

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dando”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 408.

References

• (voracious eater): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• Donda, add on, add-on, addon