Dowbiggin

English

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Dúfa, a byname from dúfa (“dove”), + bygging (“building, structure”).

Proper noun

Dowbiggin (countable and uncountable, plural Dowbiggins)

1. A hamlet in Sedbergh parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD6892).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dowbiggin is the 31390^th most common surname in England, belonging to 111 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dowbiggin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 484.
• Forebears