Dowdell Family History
Dowdell Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a lost Ovedale or Uvedale which gave rise to the 14th-century surname de Uvedale alias de Ovedale connected with the manor of D'Ovesdale in Litlington Cambridgeshire first recorded as ‘manor of Overdale otherwise Dowdale’ in 1408. The name may also occasionally arise from Dovedale in Derbyshire ‘valley of the river Dove’ from the river name + Old Norse dalr ‘valley’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022