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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname, probably with abusive connotations, from a diminutive of Middle English dogge ‘dog’ (Old English docga).
  • English : nickname from Middle English dogge ‘dog’ + heved ‘head’ (Old English hēafod).

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