Dorning Family History
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Dorning Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire and Cheshire): unexplained. Probably an altered form of German Dornig, which is probably a nickname for someone with a sharp tongue, from an adjectival derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German dorn ‘thorn’. The suffixes -ig and -ing were often interchanged in Pennsylvania German and elsewhere. The name may also refer to a sloe bush.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Horning, Darling, Doffing, Durning, Arning, Hirning, Dring, Moring