Dean

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A title afforded to a dean.
  • from Middle English dene “valley”.
  • A male given name from surnames or derived from the title.
  • Any of various villages and hamlets in England.

Origin

  • The surname or given name is of multiple origins, depending on context:
  • Medieval Latin decanum ("group of ten") and Byzantine Greek δεκανός; see dean
  • Old English Dene ("Dane, Norseman")
  • Middle English dene ("valley"), from Old English dene
  • Hebrew דין ("law, judgment") and Arabic دين ("way of life, creed")

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