Dudly: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Ancestors listed as Dudly are often found as Dudley a generation earlier. Taken at its root, Dudly points to “Dudda's clearing”.

Other spellings include Dudleigh. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Without the “e” of Dudley, Dudly is a simpler written form of the same name.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Dudly, so the heraldry linked to Dudley is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Dudly report, with a museum-style coat of arms.