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Origin of Dai Total Records: 7  Origin of Dai, Meaning of Dai Origin: The orgin of this Surname is a variant spelling of the word Holy Day. This was the war cry of the Annandale Warriors of Scotland in the Strathclyde Briton area. The name means Holy Day or Festival. It was given to a child born on a festival, thus it was called the Holy Day child. Or the many different spellings of the name applied like that of the 15th century, hallidaye. No matter how you spell it, it still means Holy Day. Surnames: Halidai, Halldae, Halliday, Halloday, Halydaei, Halyday, Holladay, Holliday Submitted by: Thomas B. Holladay,III Origin of Dai, Meaning of Dai Origin: Daly and all it's variants derive from the ancient Irish Gaelic surname, (O'Dalaigh). From an ancient ancestor, named Dalach. O'Dalaigh means grandson, and or descendents of Dalach. Dalach, derived from the Gaelic word 'dal', meaning assemblyman. Surnames: Dailey, Daily, Daley, Daly, Dawley, Dawly, Dolley, Dolly Submitted by: Tracey Daly Origin of Dai, Meaning of Dai Origin: Dally, along with other variants, (Daly,Dalley,Dailey, ext), is derived from the ancient Irish Gaelic surname, (O'Dalaigh), from a common ancestor named, 'Dalach'. The 'O', denotes, grandson, or descendent of , 'Dalach'. Dalach derives from the Irish Gaelic word, 'dal', meaning, Assemblyman. Surnames: Dailey, Daily, Daley, Dalley, Dally, Daly, Dolley, Dolly, O'dalaigh, O'daly Submitted by: Tracey Origin of Dai, Meaning of Dai Origin: The surname DAYTON is perhaps a weak form of DALTON or more probably a variation of DEIGHTON. The form DALTON is derived from the word 'dale', probably referring to the farm or habitation of the earliest English forbears of the American family of DAYTON. The name DEIGHTON is derived from the Danish and originally meant the dike enclosure of the farm by the dike. Variations of this latter form are DAITON, DATON, DAIGHTON, DAYGHTON, and DIGHTON. In early American records, DRAYTON was sometimes used interchangeably with DAYTON. It is recorded that a family, variously noted as DEIGHTON, DYGHTON, and DEYSON, as early as the thirteenth century resided in the vicinity of the hamlet of Deighton, in the parish of Deighton, in the east riding of Yorkshire. This hamlet is about four and a half miles south east from the present city of York. The early DEIGHTONs appear to have been for generations tenants of a farm on the Manor of Deighton. The Abbott of St. Mary's of York is named as the lord of the manor. The family at that time was of the yeomanry, but the family annals reveal a steady rise in both social and economic position. Surnames: Daighton, Daiton, Dalton, Daton, Dayghton, Dayton, Dedeighton, Deighton, Dighton Submitted by: Don Dayton Origin of Dai, Meaning of Dai Origin: From Ath, a ford, and dare, from darach, the place of oaks, "The ford of the oaks." There is the following tradition of the origin of this surname: "Thomas, the sixth Earl of Desmond, while on a hunting excursion was benighted, and lost his way, between Tralee and Newcastle, in the county of Limerick, where he was received and hospitably entertained by one William McCormic, whose daughter he subsequently married. At this alliance, the family and clan took umbrage. Resigning his title and estate to his youngest brother, he fled to France in 1418, and died of grief at Rouen, two years afterward. The King of England attended his funeral. He had issue, Maurice and John; Robert, the son of Maurice, returning to Ireland, with the hope of regaining the estates and title of Thomas, his ancestor, slew Gerald, the White Knight, in single combat at Athdare, the ford of the oaks, whence he received the name of Adaire. He embarked for Scotland, where he married Arabella, daughter of John Campbell, Lord of Argyle." Surnames: Adair Submitted by: Origin of Dai, Meaning of Dai Origin: From ald, old, and den or dun, a hill or town; old-town, or it may be high-town, from alt, high, Gaelic, and dun, a hill, castle, or town. Surnames: Aldaine Submitted by: Origin of Dai, Meaning of Dai Origin: SOUDAIN - French for sudden. Could also have origin in SOUD? - working with (?mining) soda. Surnames: Soudain Submitted by: Robert 11/9/2009 3:48 AM Page 1 of 1

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