Etymology

McDuffie

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Scottish Gaelic Mac Duibshíthe
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  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Duibshíthe“son of Duibshíth”
  2. English todayMcDuffie

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Duibshíthe (“son of Duibshíth”) a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + síth (“peace”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.