At a Glance
- Meaning
- Flour-dusted miller's nickname, or pet form of Dustin
- Origin
- English (nickname, pet form of Dustin, or historic miller's nickname)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- DUS-tee
Dusty is an English (nickname, pet form of Dustin, or historic miller's nickname) boy's name meaning “flour-dusted miller's nickname, or pet form of Dustin”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Dusty
Meaning: Flour-dusted miller's nickname, or pet form of Dustin.
Origin: English (nickname, pet form of Dustin, or historic miller's nickname).
A common claim: Sometimes assumed to mean 'dusty place' or evoke a dusty desert landscape Actually: It isn't a placename; it's a nickname (miller's flour-dust nickname, or short form of Dustin), not a term for a dusty locale.
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Dusty
DUS-teeIPA /ˈdʌsti/
Popularity of Dusty
Lists That Include Dusty
Similar Names
Landon · Weston · Dawson · Ryder · Sutton · Lachlan
