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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling of French Duffet, variant of Dufay (see Duffee).
  • English : nickname from Middle English d(o)uve, dofe ‘dove’ + hed ‘head’ or fote ‘foot’.

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