Last name origins & meanings:
- English: in most cases of French origin (see Duval 1),
taken to England by a Huguenot refugee from Rouen. It may also be from
a pet form of an Old English female personal name, Dūfe,
meaning ‘dove’.
- According to Black, this is also found as a
Swedish variant of Scottish McDougall.
This name appears in the following lists:
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