Dunstan
m.
Old English dunn 'brown' + Old English stān 'stone'.
The name of a 10th C English saint.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 966 Dunstanus (nom) CDAS DXXVIII;
967 Dunstan (nom) ibid. DXXXIII,
Dunstanus (nom) ibid. DXXXIV
- Early Modern English
- ● 1570 Dunston BEmar-vol1 p. 8
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Dunstani (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 4
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Dunstan". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Dunstan.