Frequency: (390)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Hungarian: metonymic occupational name for a drummer or for a drum maker, from dob ‘drum’.
2. Hungarian: from a pet form of any of various Slavic personal names such as Dobeslav and Doběstoj, or Czech Tobiáš or Hungarian Tóbiás (see Tobias).
3. Czech (Doboš): variant of Dobeš (see Dobesh).
4. Americanized spelling of Polish Dobosz.
GIVEN NAMES: Hungarian 7%. Gabor (3), Istvan (2), Laszlo (2), Balazs, Bela, Ference, Ildiko, Kalman.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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