The moffatt Surname
moffatt Name Meaning and History
Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from Moffat in
Dumfriesshire, named in Gaelic as ‘the long plain’, from magh
‘plain’ + fada ‘long’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Samuel Moffatt |
 ceabronte
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| Moffatts (Moffetts) from Saintfield County Down Ireland |
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| Charles Frederick Moffatt Nova Scotia |
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| moffatt, george | Michele | 11 |
| Celina and Alvina MOFFATT-St. Georges-de-Windsor, Que. | George Viens, jr. | 1 |
| MOFFATT families from Cornwall | Michael Moffatt | 7 |
| Donald Hiram MOFFATT | Dana Moffatt | 5 |
| "The Clan Moffat in America" | Mary Moffatt | 11 |
| Moffatts of Webster Co., WVA |
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| Mary Moffatt |
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