Dando

A surname from Norman.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Norman.

Origin

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from one of the two villages named Aunou, in France.

Forms

Dandos Dendle

Derived

Compton Dando

Noun

  1. A voracious eater.
    • It is plaguily annoying to want a dinner, and have the appetite of a Dando — to be asked for a large debt, when your pockets cannot conceal a solitary shilling […] - 1844, James MacGauran, Walter Clayton: A tale of the...
    • […] have we not made out our case that a Master requires the propensities of Bacchus, with the appetite of a Dando […] - 1904, Robert Smith Surtees, The Analysis of the Hunting Field, page 9:

Origin

Hotten explains this as the name of a man once famed for devouring large portions of oysters etc. at restaurants and then admitting he had no money.

Forms

Dandos