Dean

dean déan deán dèan English Etymology en la-med gkm The surname or given name is of multiple origins, depending on context: As an English surname, from en enm dene valley. Also as an English surname, from the noun en dean. Cognate to en Deacon. Also as an English surname, from the personal name en Deyne, a rhyming form of en Reynald (see en Reginald). As an en ga - surname, variant of en Deane. As a Scottish surname, from Dean Castle in Kilmarnock, itself from the noun meaning valley. en ang Dene Dane, Norseman en he דין law, judgment and en ar دين way of life, creed Pronunciation en /diːn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dean.wav Southern England en iːn 1 en dean Proper noun ~ en Titles A title afforded to a en dean. en countable en en habitational Middle English from en enm dene “valley”. en Irish en Scottish en occupations en given names en countable en male en-US w:Andrew Marantz The Battle for the Bros w:The New Yorker 2025-03-17 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-battle-for-the-bros 0028-792X On the normier part of the spectrum are liberal influencers like Dean Withers and Harry Sisson, who have transferred the “debate me, bro” spirit of early YouTube to TikTok Live. https://web.archive.org/web/20250317132248/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-battle-for-the-bros en male surnames en male occupations derived from the title. A en placename: en place c/UK: en Any of various <<village>>s and <<hamlet>>s in <<cc/England>>: en village/and/cpar in x/Cumberland co/Cumbria previously in bor/Allerdale OS grid ref NY0725. Parish map (Cumbria) en hamlet par/Lynton and Lynmouth dist/North Devon co/Devon OS grid ref SS7048. List of United Kingdom locations: De-Dee#Dea-Dee en hamlet par/Trentishoe dist/North Devon co/Devon OS grid ref SS6245. en hamlet par/West Down dist/North Devon co/Devon OS grid ref SS5042. en hamlet par/Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge east co/Dorset OS grid ref ST9715. en hamlet par/Bishop's Waltham dist/Winchester co/Hampshire OS grid ref SU5619. en hamlet par/Sparsholt dist/Winchester co/Hampshire OS grid ref SU4431. en locality between x/Water and x/Weir bor/Rossendale co/Lancashire OS grid ref SD8525. en hamlet par/Spelsbury dist/West Oxfordshire co/Oxfordshire OS grid ref SP3422. en hamlet par/Cranmore dist/Mendip co/Somerset OS grid ref ST6744. en Dean Village: en neighbourhood/former village city/Edinburgh cc/Scotland. en small township in the Shire of Hepburn, central s/Victoria c/Australia. en small community in the Musquodoboit Valley, p/Nova Scotia c/Canada. en number of places c/USA: en unincorporated community co/Monterey County s/California. en unincorporated community co/Appanoose County s/Iowa. en ghost town co/Lander County s/Nevada. en twp/and/village therein, in co/Cambria County s/Pennsylvania. en minor city co/Clay County s/Texas. Derived terms en Dean and Shelton Dean Park Deano Destiel East Dean Forest of Dean Wendover Dean West Dean,Westdean Related terms en Dane Deane References Anagrams en aden Aden Dane Dena Edna Enda Nead aden- ande eDNA nade