Släkthistoria för Downing
Downing Vad efternamn betyder
Irish (Cork and Kerry): sometimes of English origin but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnín (see Dineen). English: from the Middle English personal name Dun(n)ing Douning (Old English Dunning a derivative of Old English Dunna (see Dunn). English (Devon): topographic name for someone who lived on the hill an -ing derivative of Middle English doun ‘hill’ equivalent to Downer. This formation is characteristic of Devon (compare Brooking).
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
