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Dankworth
Dankworth
is a
surname
formed from the
German
forename
"Tancred", which
mutated
to a hard D in
English
,
combined
with
Old English
"Worth" a
farmstead
.
Notable
people
with the surname include:
Alec Dankworth, English
jazz bassist
and
composer
, son of
Cleo Laine
and
John Dankworth
Jacqui Dankworth, English
jazz singer
.
daughter
of
Cleo
Laine
and
John
Dankworth
John Dankworth, English composer,
saxophonist
and
clarinetist
, husband of Cleo Laine