Dust Family History

English (Middlesex): from Middle English dust doust ‘dust’ (Old English dūst) possibly with reference to a dust-colored complexion or hair. Alternatively since the Middle English word also denoted a ‘speck of dust’ it may have been used of someone with a small thin body or slight appearance.

North German: possibly a Westphalian habitational name from a farm named with dost ‘bush brush’. However the word also means ‘fine dust flour’ and may have been applied as an occupational name for a miller.