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What Is The Origin Of The Surname Duffy?

What is the meaning of the surname Duffy?

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    The Surname Duffy is Scottish and Irish and it means Dark. The name is known as a reduced
    Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe 'son of
    Duibhshíth'. The elements which make Duffy are dubh 'black' + síth 'peace'.
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    Zuhail 

    answered 2 years ago

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