Last name: DUFFY
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DUFFY : This last name is indexed 207,660 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
DUFFY : Irish:: 1: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhthaigh ‘descendant of Dubhthach’ a byname derived from dubh ‘black’ (see Duff). This name was borne by a 6th-century Christian saint who was archbishop of Armagh.2: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe ‘son of Duibhshíth’ a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ (see Duff) + síth ‘peace’.
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