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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Duibhshíthe ‘son of Duibhshíth’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + síth ‘peace’. Compare Duffy 2.

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