DENDY

DENDY. The family tradition is, that the name -svas originally D'Awuay, or Dawndy. In the sixteenth century it was written Dendye, and from that time the cliief habitat of the family has been the borders of Surrey and Sussex. In the parish register of Newdigate, co. Surrey, I have observed the spellings Dandie, Dandy, Dendj'. See Dawnay.

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