Dull

Meaning

Proper Noun

• of Scottish and German origin.
• village council area, Perth and Kinross Scotland (constituent country).

Origin

• Instances of the German surname are from dialectal German tull ("stout, corpulent"), or a variant of German Thiel.
• As a Scottish surname, it is a habitational name from Dull in Perthshire (see Etymology 2).
• Possibly from Pictish, from Proto-Celtic *dolā. Compare Welsh dôl.