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The doughty Surname

doughty Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish (also established in Ireland, especially Dublin): nickname for a powerful or brave man, especially a champion jouster, from Middle English doughty, Old English dohtig, dyhtig ‘valiant’, ‘strong’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The doughty name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the doughty family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of doughty Families in the US in 1920
Number of doughty families
 91-180
 31-90		 1-30
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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