Dockery Family History
Dockery Name Meaning
English: variant of Dockray a habitational name from any of several places in Cumbria called Dockray from Middle English dokke (Old English docce) ‘docks or sorrel’ + Middle English wra (Old Norse vrá) ‘nook’ meaning ‘nook where dock grows’. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dochraidh ‘descendant of Dochradh’ a personal name that is a variant of Dochartach (see Doherty ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022