What nationality is the last name: Dye?

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Answer 1

quite common in Australia

Answer 2

In Britain the surname is most common in Norfolk, but frequent also in Yorkshire.

Answer 3

Interesting to read answers detailing the origins of this name. I'm from Norfolk, and I recall - about 60+ years ago - seeing the christening of a little girl called  ISA  BLACK  BROWN DYE.   Poor kid!

Answer 4

The earliest recorded instances of the surname are in governmental records from the 14th century in Yorkshire and Northumberland. Its use was much more prevalent in Northumberland than Yorkshire. In the case of our research, the current surname Dye - and many of its variations - can be traced to use as a regional identifier for people born and/or living along the current RIver Dye in Northumberland. It may have developed as a derivative of the Celtic word deifr, meaning waters, which also leant is usage to the name of the Kingdom of Deira.

Answer 5

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,

DYE Name Meaning and History

English: from a pet form of the personal name Dennis. In Britain the surname is most common in Norfolk, but frequent also in Yorkshire.

hope this helps.

Answer 6

Surname: Dye

This interesting name derives from "Dye", itself a pet form of the Medieval English female given name Dionisia, from the Greek Dionysia (feminine) or Dionysios (masculine) meaning "the Divine One of Nysa", (a holy mountain in modern Afghanistan). Dye (without surname) is first recorded in the 1301 "Subsidy Rolls of Yorkshire". The surname from this source also appears in the early half of the 14th Century, (see below). Variant forms Dy and Dei are recorded in the 1379 "Poll Tax Returns of Yorkshire". The surname is particularly well recorded in London Church Registers from the mid 16th Century. On March 25th 1563, Elizabeth Dye, an infant, was christened in St. Andrew's, Enfield, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter Dye, witness, which was dated 1316, in the "The Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield" Yorkshire, during the reign of King Edward 11, known as "Edward of Caernafon", 1307 - 1327.

Answer 7

english