Davenport (surname)

Davenport
Pronunciation	/ˈdævənpɔːrt/
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	1.Welsh, Old English ; 2.Irish
Word/name	1. dafnu + port; 2. Ó Donndubhartaigh
Meaning	1. 'to drop' and 'market town'; 2. 'descendant of Donndubhartach'
Region of origin	Cheshire

Last updated March 14, 2025

Davenport is a surname coming from an estate with the same name.^[2] It could be also an Anglicized Irish surname. It may refer to:

A

Abraham Davenport (1715–1789), American politician
A'keria C. Davenport (born 1988), American drag queen
Alan Garnett Davenport (1932–2009), Canadian wind engineer
Alice Davenport (1864–1936), American film actress
Andrew Davenport (born 1965), English writer, puppeteer, producer, co-creator and writer of Teletubbies
Arthur Davenport (disambiguation)
Ashley Davenport (1794–1874), New York state senator

B

Bernard Davenport (1939–2018), Irish ambassador
Bill Davenport (1906–2001), American footballer

C

Calum Davenport (born 1983), English footballer
Charles Davenport (1866–1944), American biologist and eugenicist
Christopher Davenport (1598–1680), English Catholic theologian
Claire Davenport (1933–2002), English actress
Clay Davenport, American baseball statistician
Clyde Davenport (1921–2020), American folk musician

D

Derrick Davenport (born 1978), American male model
Dorothy Davenport (1895–1977), American actress, screenwriter and film director
Doris Davenport (1917–1980), American actress
Doug Davenport (born c. 1988), American basketball coach, son of Scott

E

Ed. J. Davenport (1899–1953), Los Angeles City Council member
Edward Davenport (fraudster) (1966–) also known as "(Lord) Fast Eddie", convicted English fraudster and property developer
Edward Loomis Davenport (1816–1877), American actor
Emily Davenport, American inventor

F

Fanny Davenport (1850–1898), English-born American stage actress
Francis William Davenport (1847–1925), English composer and music professor
Franklin Davenport (1755–1832), American politician
Frederick M. Davenport (1866–1956), American politician

G

Gail Davenport (born 1949), American politician
George Davenport (1783–1845), American frontiersman, trader and US Army colonel; Davenport, Iowa, was named in his honor
George Davenport (1860-1902), English first-class cricketer
Gertrude Crotty Davenport (1866–1946), American biologist and eugenicist
Glorianna Davenport, documentary filmmaker and researcher
Guy Davenport (1927–2005), American writer, intellectual, and teacher

H

Harold Davenport (1907–1969), British mathematician
Harriett Davenport (1899–1953), Los Angeles City Council member
Harry Davenport (1866–1949), American film actor
Harry J. Davenport (1902–1977), American politician
Harry Davenport (1833–1895), English politician
Hayes Davenport (1986-), American homelessness activist
Herbert J. Davenport (1861–1931), American economist
Hester Davenport (1642–1717), English stage actress
Homer Davenport (1867–1912), American political cartoonist
Honey Davenport (born 1985), American drag queen
Hugh Bromley-Davenport (1870–1954), English cricketer

I

Ian Davenport (artist) (born 1960), English painter
Ira Davenport (politician) (1841–1904), American politician
Ira Davenport (athlete) (1887–1941), American athlete and football player
Isaiah Davenport (1784–1827), American master builder

J

Jack Davenport (born 1973), British actor
Jack A. Davenport (1931–1951), United States Marine Medal of Honor recipient
James Davenport (clergyman) (1716–1757), American clergyman
James Davenport (Connecticut politician) (1756–1797), American lawyer and politician
James C. Davenport (born 1938), American physicist
James H. Davenport (born 1953), British computer scientist and mathematician
Jean Margaret Davenport (1829–1903), Anglo-American actress
Jessica Davenport (born 1985), American basketball player
Jim Davenport (1933–2016), American baseball player and manager
John Davenport (minister) (1597–1670), Puritan clergyman and one of the founders of New Haven, Connecticut
John Davenport (orientalist) (1789 – 1877), British orientalist and writer
John Edwin Davenport (born 1928), American politician
Julién Davenport (born 1995), American football player

K

Kennedy Davenport, a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race
Kenny Davenport (1862–1908), English footballer
Kiana Davenport, American-Hawaiian author
Kim Davenport (born 1955), American professional pool player

L

Lindsay Davenport (born 1976), American female professional tennis player
Louis Davenport (1869–1951), American businessman
Lucy Davenport, British actress

M

Madison Davenport (born 1996), American actress and singer
Marcia Davenport (1903–1996), American author and music critic
Marcus Davenport (born 1996), American football player
Mary Ann Davenport (1759–1843), English actress
Marmaduke Davenport, pseudonym for British confidence trickster Alexander Day
Mike Davenport (born 1968), American musician
Milla Davenport (1871–1936), stage and film actress
Millia Davenport (1895–1992), American costumer, theater designer, and scholar
Miriam Davenport (1915–1999), American painter and sculptor

N

Najeh Davenport (born 1979), American footballer
N'Dea Davenport (born 1966), American R&B/soul singer/songwriter
Nigel Davenport (1928–2013), British actor

P

Paul Davenport (born 1946), 9th president of the University of Western Ontario
Peter Davenport (born 1961), former English professional footballer

R

Richard Davenport-Hines (born 1953), British writer
Robert Davenport (fl. 1623–1639), English dramatist
Robert Davenport (Royal Navy officer) (1882–1965), British admiral
Robert Davenport (Australian politician) (1816–1896), pioneer of South Australia, brother of Samuel
Ross Davenport (born 1984), British swimmer
Roy M. Davenport (1909–1987), United States Navy Rear Admiral, 5-time recipient of the Navy Cross
Russell Davenport (1899–1954), American publisher and writer

S

Samuel Davenport (disambiguation)
Samuel Davenport (Australian politician) (1818–1906), South Australian pioneer and parliamentarian
Samuel Arza Davenport (1834–1911), American politician
Scott Davenport (born c. 1957), American basketball coach
Stanley Woodward Davenport (1861–1921), American politician
Stuart Davenport (born 1962), New Zealand squash player
Sahara Davenport (1984–2012), a past contestant of Rupaul's Drag Race

T

Thomas Davenport (inventor) (1802–1851), blacksmith from Vermont, US who was an inventor of DC electric motors
Thomas Davenport (congressman) (died 1838), US representative from Virginia
Thomas H. Davenport (born 1954), American academic

W

Wilbur Davenport (1920–2003), American communications engineer and MIT professor
Wallace Davenport (1925–2004), American jazz trumpeter
Willie Davenport (1943–2002), American athlete
William Davenport (filmmaker) (born 1960), filmmaker and autism activist
William Davenport (scientist) (1772–1824), Irish academic and clergyman
William Bromley-Davenport (1821–1884), British MP for Warwickshire North
William Bromley-Davenport (1862–1949), British soldier, footballer and Conservative politician
Wink Davenport (1942–2022), American former volleyball player

Z

Zavion Michael Davenport (1985-2020), American drag queen known as Chi Chi DeVayne

Brothers

Davenport Brothers (Ira Erastus and William Henry), noted frauds of spiritualism

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-19-211592-8.
↑ Harper, Douglas. "davenport". Online Etymology Dictionary . Retrieved 27 July 2024.

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[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-19-211592-8.

[2] Harper, Douglas. "davenport". Online Etymology Dictionary . Retrieved 27 July 2024.

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Davenport (surname)

Contents

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C

D

E

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I

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Z

Brothers

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