first element may be from a personal name, Deorc, or some variant, of either Brittonic or Old English origin. Alternatively it may derive from the Brittonic words Dorce, a river name meaning "clear, bright stream", or duro, meaning a "fort", "walled town" or "gated place". The second element, if originally plural (ingas), might mean "(settlement belonging to the) followers of ...", but if singular (ing) might mean "place", "stream", "wood" or "clump".

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