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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and Irish : Anglicized form of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Dhubhthaigh or Mac Dhuibhshíthe (see Duffy).
  • Scottish and Irish : according to Black this may be a variant of McGuffog, which may represent Gaelic Mac Dhabhoig, a patronymic from Davuc, a pet form of David.

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