Etymology

Marmaduke

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Today it means: A male given name from Irish, once popular in parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire and County Durham. Full definition →

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Thought to be derived from the Irish name Mael Maedóc, "devotee of Maedóc" (an Irish saint); also anglicised as Malachy.

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