Dood

Dood Meaning & Origin

About Dood
The surname Dood is of Dutch origin and is derived from the word "dood," which means "dead" in Dutch. It is a surname that likely originated as a nickname for someone who had a morbid or macabre sense of humor or for someone who worked in a profession related to death, such as a gravedigger or undertaker. The surname Dood may also have been given to someone who had a pale or deathly complexion.

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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Dood is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Dood: 272
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 71,678
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.09

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Dood based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

Ranking information for the surname Dood is not currently available.

Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
TT
🗽 NYSIIS
DA
🔊 Soundex
D030
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
D UW1 D
🌐 IPA
/dood*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('TT', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
D300

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Dood in Braille

Here's how to represent Dood in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Dood in braille

How to sign the name Dood using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Dood using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Dood in sign language

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