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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : reduced form of Dunleavy.
  • English : from the Middle English personal name Lefwi, Old English Lēofwīg, composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + wīg ‘war’.

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