Dinsdale
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English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Dīctūne + -s- + healh (“corner, nook, recess”).
Proper noun
Dinsdale (countable and uncountable, plural Dinsdales)
- 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).
- A suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dinsdale is the 32302nd 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.