The daft Surname
daft Name Meaning and History
English: nickname for a meek person, from Middle English
daffte ‘mild’, ‘gentle’, ‘meek’ (Old English
gedæfte). It was not until the 15th century, toward the end
of the main period of surname formation in England, that the word came
to mean ‘stupid’, ‘silly’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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