Davenport

See also: davenport and Devenport

English

Alternative forms

• (Irish surname): Devenport

Etymology

• As an English surname, from Old English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”).
• As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdævənpɔːt/

Proper noun

Davenport

1. A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Cheshire.
2. A surname from Irish of Irish origin from the Gaelic Ó Donndubhartaigh.
3. A surname from Anglo-Norman of Anglo-Norman origin: de avesne port, where avesne is derived from Frankish avisna ("field" see:Wiese).
4. Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
   1. A hamlet in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8065).
   2. A suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8988).
   3. A city, the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States.
   4. A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Washington, United States.
   5. A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.

Derived terms

• Davenport Green

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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