The puff Surname
puff Name Meaning and History
- nickname for a violent, aggressive person, from buff ‘push’, ‘shove’.
- from a pet form of a personal name, Bodefrit, composed with Old High German biutan ‘to bid or order’ or boto ‘messenger’.
- possibly an altered spelling of Pfaff.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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