Dinwiddie Family History
Dinwiddie Name Meaning
Scottish (Dumfriesshire): habitational name from Dinwoodie near Dumfries. The placename is first recorded in 1296 in the form Dinwithie Dunwythye and is probably named with British words that are ancestors of Welsh din ‘forest’ + gwydd ‘shrubs bushes’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022