English and Irish: from Old French par Dieu ‘by God’, which
was adopted in Middle English in a variety of more or less heavily
altered forms. The surname represents a nickname from a favorite
oath. According to MacLysaght, the surname in Ireland belonged to a
French Protestant family who settled in County Cork.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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