Dinsdale

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Dīctūne + -s- + healh (“corner, nook, recess”).

Proper noun

Dinsdale (countable and uncountable, plural Dinsdales)

1. A railway station in Middleton St George, Darlington borough, County Durham, England, which was named after a village now named Low Dinsdale (OS grid ref NZ3413).
2. A suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Low Dinsdale
• Over Dinsdale

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dinsdale is the 32302^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 713 individuals. Dinsdale is most common among White (96.35%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dinsdale”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 466.

Anagrams

• islanded, landside