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duffy Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhthaigh ‘descendant of Dubhthach’, a byname derived from dubh ‘black’ (see Duff). This name was borne by a 6th-century saint who was archbishop of Armagh.
  2. Scottish and Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe ‘son of Duibhshíth’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ (see Duff) + síth ‘peace’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of duffy Families in the US in 1920
Number of duffy families
 941-1880
 314-940		 1-313
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Cassy Duffy - San Jose, CA JacquelynRansom 0
Duffy info from county Mayo conorcduffy 0
Anthony Duffy married Dorothy Sullivan from PA lblangsted 8
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Duffy, Carrickmacross, Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, Ireland Jo McGee 27
DUFFY-GORMAN family from PA to Akron, Ohio wsullivw 0
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