_Dade._ _Dǽd_, deed, exploit, achievement.
_Dadaker._ _Deád_, dead; _æcer_, acre. An acre set apart for the dead.
Dedaker, of analogous derivation.
_Dager._ _Dagor_, day.
_Dalton._ _Dál_, a dale, a small valley; _tún_, a town. A valley-town.
_Dalrymple._ _Dál_, a vale; _hrympelle_, a wrinkle, a ripple, a fold. An
undulating vale.
_Davies._ _Davie_, diminutive for David; _sun_, son. Son of Davie. Davis,
abbreviation of the same.
_Dodd._ _Deád_, dead.
_Dunham._ _Dunholm_, from _dún_, mountain; _holm_, an island. A
mountainous island.
_Durham._ _Deór_, beast; _hám_, home, dwelling. A park; a dwelling for
wild animals. Dereham, an earlier form of the name.
_Dyer._ _Dýre_, dear, costly, precious.