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Downie or Downey is a surname. There appears to be a number of sources of the Downie/Downey surname in Scotland and Ireland, with the intermittent mix in Ulster. The spelling of the surname as Downie is almost unique to Scotland with minor instances in Northern Ireland (Antrim). The following information on the origins of the name are taken from.




In Scotland


There are Dounie/Doune/Downie place names or hill forts or Dun in most parishes in Scotland, including Aberdeen, Angus, Stirling, Perth, Inverness and the Isle of Lewis. The name may derive from any of these, or from the Barony of Downie in Angus.
It is also a derivative of the Gaelic Mac Gille/Maol Domhnaich or McAldonich "son of the servant of the Lord (Sunday)" which both are anglicised to Macgildownie, Mcildownie and Gildownie (and many variations) to Downie, mainly in the parishes of Argyll, western Perth and Inverness.




In Ireland


O’Dunadhaigh is a person identified with a fort or Dun. This surname is found mostly in County Galway, South West Cork and Leinster. The surname is often anglicised to Downey. Mac Dunadhaigh, identified with a fort or Dun, is the surname of an old Galway family.




Patronymics


The first name such as Maol Domhnaich, or Muldonich meaning the "Lord's Devotee" have been used in Scotland and may have been the precursors to the Mac variations.




Notable people


Notable people with the surname Downie include:

Alex Downie, member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man
Allan Watt Downie (1901–1988), Scottish microbiologist
Becky Downie (or Rebecca Downie), British gymnast European and world medalist
Ellie Downie, British gymnast world and European medalist
David Downie, American author
David L. Downie, American scholar
Dorothy G. Downie (1894–1960), British botanist
Freda Downie (1929-1993), English poet
Gary Downie, production manager
Gord Downie (1964–2017), Canadian rock musician
Jack Downie, Scottish footballer
James Downie (footballer), 19th century footballer
James Downie (cyclist), New Zealand racing cyclist
Johnny Downie, Scottish footballer
John Wallace Downie, Scottish businessman and politician
Kenneth Downie, Scottish composer
Leonard Downie Jr., American journalist
Penny Downie, Australian actress
Nick Downie, soldier and war correspondent
Robert Downie, Scottish soldier
Robert Downie (footballer), Scottish football goalkeeper
Steve Downie, Canadian ice hockey player
Tim Downie, British actor and writer
Tyrone Downie, member of Bob Marley and The Wailers




Places


Downie Hills, Scotland
Downiehills, Scotland
Downie Peak, British Columbia
Downie Point, Scotland
Downie River, California
Downie's Loup, a Scottish waterfall




Other


Downie bodies
Downie's spotted leaf beetle




See also


Downey (surname)




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