A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I. • A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage. • A place in England: • A market town and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9490). • A village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2673). • A place in Canada: • A community in Muskoka Lakes township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario. • A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario. • A number of places in the United States: • A minor city in Laurens County, Georgia. • A ghost town in Wapello County, Iowa. • A ghost town in Polk County, Iowa. • A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts. • An unincorporated community in Clifton Township, Lyon County, Minnesota. • A minor city in Stoddard County, Missouri. • A census-designated place in Wayne County, North Carolina. • An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio. • A small borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. • A census-designated place in Fall River County, South Dakota. • An unincorporated community in the town of Russell, Lincoln County, Wisconsin. • Four townships in the United States, in Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Dudley Township. • A suburb of Newcastle in the Lake Macquarie council area, New South Wales, Australia.