DEAN

DEAN. DEANE. A-Sax. denu, a valo or plain. Atte Dene is the common form in old times, implying residence at such a place. Tliere arc, however, eighteen parislies or places called Dean in the Gazetteer of Engl., and Dene occurs in Domesd. as a personal appellation.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.