Dissane meaning | Last name Dissane origin

Family name Dissane is form of the Dobbyn. See Tobyn - The Irish family are believed to be descended from the Anglo-Norman St. Aubyns—the name having formerly been spelt St. Tobin, and then Tobyn.

The name is of record in Ireland from the time of Edward the Third. It was especially established in the county of Tip perary. A writer in the Quarterly Review for April, 1860, speaking of the desire manifested by some of the English settlers in Ireland to be thoroughly hibernicized, mentions that the Fitz -Urses became Mac-Mahons, and the St. Aubyns Dobbin, or Tobyn.

Dissane is variant form of Dobinson. The son of Dobin or Robert.

Dissane is a variant of Dobbin. See Robert - A Teutonic personal name of great antiquity, which was introduced into England about the time of the Conquest. As Rotbertus, it is frequently found in Domesday. Besides having itself become a surname, it has given rise to a great many others, as-Roberts, Robarts, Robertson, Robins, Robbins, Robinson, Robbie, Robison, Robeson, Robb, Robson, Roby. It has also taken the form of Fitz-Robert, and, in Wales, those of Ap-Robert and Ap Robyn, now contracted to Probert and Prohyn. Its nicknames are Dobb and Hobb, from the former of which we get Dobbs, Dobby, Dobbie, Dobson, Dabson, Dobbin, Dobbins, Dobinson; and from the latter, Hobbs, Hobbes, Hobson, Hobbins, Hobkins, Hopkins, Hopkinson, and Hoby.

Is the form of Dobbins. Descendant of little Dob, a pet form of Robert meaning "fame, bright".