What is the name meaning of DEAN. Phrases containing DEAN
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DEAN
Boy/Male
Muslim
Religion
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean, Deane, or Deen from this word. In Scotland this is a habitational name from Den in Aberdeenshire or Dean in Ayrshire.English : occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official who was the head of a chapter of canons in a cathedral. The Middle English word deen is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon.Irish : variant of Deane.Italian : occupational name cognate with 2, from Venetian dean ‘dean’, a dialect form of degan, from degano (Italian decano).
Female
English
 Variant spelling of English Deana, DEANNA means "dean, head, leader." Variant spelling of English Dinah, meaning "judgment."Â
Boy/Male
Indian
Religion
Girl/Female
English
Blend of Deanne: (divine) plus variants of Andrea: (masculine) and Sandra: (protector of man. ).
Male
English
English elaborated form of French André, DEANDRE means "man, warrior."Â
Female
English
Feminine form of English Dean, DEANA means "dean, head, leader."
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Strong and Womanly; Blend of Deanne and Variants of Andrea and Sandra; Protector of Man
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : in County Donegal this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Deagánaigh ‘son of the deacon’ (see Deacon); in County Tipperary it can be from Gaelic Ó Déaghain ‘descendant of the deacon’. In other cases the surname is of English origin (see Dean 1).English : variant of Dean 1.
Girl/Female
English
Blend of Deanne: (divine) plus variants of Andrea: (masculine) and Sandra: (protector of man. ).
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the numerous places so called. The vast majority, including those in Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Dumfries, County Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Sussex, and West Yorkshire, are named from Old English denu ‘valley’ (see Dean 1) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. An isolated example in Northamptonshire appears in Domesday Book as Dodintone ‘settlement associated with Dodda’.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Jamaican, Latin
Blend of Deanne Plus Variants of Andrea and Sandra; Divine
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Hindu
Dean, Head, Leader
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Strong and Womanly; Blend of Deanne and Variants of Andrea and Sandra; Protector of Man
Male
English
 English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from the Latin word decanus, DEAN means "dean; ecclesiastical supervisor."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, so named from Old English mearc ‘boundary’ (see Mark 2) + denu ‘valley’ (see Dean 1), i.e. a valley forming a natural boundary.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Dinah, DEANNE means "judgment."Â
Girl/Female
English
Blend of Deanne: (divine) plus variants of Andrea: (masculine) and Sandra: (protector of man. ).
Girl/Female
English
Blend of Deanne: (divine) plus variants of Andrea: (masculine) and Sandra: (protector of man. ).
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English
Strong and Womanly; Blend of Deanne and Variants of Andrea and Sandra; Protector of Man
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Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Tamil
Rich Man
Boy/Male
British, English
Place Name; From the Oak Tree Meadow
Female
Hebrew
(עלִיָּה) Variant spelling of Hebrew Aliya, ALIYAH means "to ascend, to go up." Compare with another form of Aliyah.
Girl/Female
Indian
Title
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Stephanie, STEFANIE means "crown."
Girl/Female
German, Hebrew
God is Gracious; Female Version of Joan
Boy/Male
Greek
Defender of man.
Girl/Female
Australian, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Swedish, Swiss
Golden; Yellow Haired; Blond; Fair Haired; The Female Version of the Roman Family Name
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Indian, Sanskrit
Ageless
Boy/Male
Biblical
Gift; he that gives.
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a.
Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect.
n.
An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.
pl.
of Deanery
n.
The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.
n.
A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.
n.
A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
n.
An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc.
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The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
n.
The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
a.
Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.
a.
Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
n.
The residence of a dean.
n.
A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
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An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
n.
The office of a dean.
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The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.
n.
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
n.
The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.