Släkthistoria för Dawnay
Dawnay Vad efternamn betyder
from one of the many places in northern France named for an alder grove (Old French aulnai aulnoi latinized as alnetum) such as Annay (Pas-de-Calais) Aulnay (Aube Marne Calvados) Aulnois (Aisne) and Aunay (Calvados Eure-et-Loir Seine-et-Oise). With fused preposition Anglo-Norman French d'Aunai became Dawnay Dawney and (with loss of the final syllable) Dawn. Laney is another form of this surname with fused definite article. See also Dando from Anglo-Norman French d'Aunou with which d'Aunai may sometimes have been confused.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
