Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname DEVENISH.

DEVENISH. Signifies deep water. This surname was given to an ancestor of the family who was early settled at the confluence of the rivers Isis and Thames, near Oxford, England. Dwfn, Welsh, deep; uisge, Gaelic, water.

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