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Origin and popularity of the name DUE

Origin

Due : 1: North German (Düe): from the ancient Germanic personal name Dudo which is of uncertain derivation. In some cases it is said to be a pet form of the compound name Liudolf (composed of Old Saxon liud ‘people tribe’ + wolf ‘wolf’); in other cases it may be a derivative of ancient Germanic theud ‘people race’.2: Danish: from due ‘pigeon dove’ applied as a metonymic occupational name for a dove keeper or as a nickname.3: French: variant of Duhe and in North America an altered form of this. Compare Duet 1.4: English: variant of Dew.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, ©2021, University of the West of England
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England

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Geographic distribution of the 15,779 individuals with the name DUE on Geneanet.

 

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    (179 individuals)

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