Duff (surname)
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Duff is a surname
of Irish
or Scottish
descent. A corruption of the Gaelic
word Dubh meaning dark or black in reference to personal features or temperament. Duff originated in Connacht
and Fife
in Ireland
and Scotland
respectively. It may refer to:
As a family name of Scottish aristocrats:
In the British Royal Family
:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
or Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
descent. A corruption of the Gaelic
Gaels
The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....
word Dubh meaning dark or black in reference to personal features or temperament. Duff originated in Connacht
Connacht
Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for...
and Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
respectively. It may refer to:
- DuffDub of ScotlandDub mac Maíl Coluim , sometimes anglicised as Duff MacMalcolm, called Dén, "the Vehement" and Niger, "the Black" was king of Alba...
, King of ScotsKingdom of ScotlandThe Kingdom of Scotland was a Sovereign state in North-West Europe that existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England...
(d. 967) ancestor of the Earls of FifeEarl of FifeThe Earl of Fife or Mormaer of Fife referred to the Gaelic comital lordship of Fife which existed in Scotland until the early 15th century.... - Alan DuffAlan DuffAlan Duff is a New Zealand novelist and newspaper columnist, most well known as the author of Once Were Warriors.- Biography :...
, New Zealand writer - Alexander Duff, founder of Scottish Church College, CalcuttaScottish Church College, CalcuttaThe Scottish Church College is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in India. It is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education , the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for the awarding of baccalaureate and post baccalaureate...
- Andrew DuffAndrew DuffAndrew Duff OBE is a Liberal Democrat politician, president of the Union of European Federalists, and a Member of the European Parliament for the East of England region of the UK....
, British politician - Anne-Marie DuffAnne-Marie DuffAnne-Marie Duff is an English actress best known for playing Fiona Gallagher in Shameless, and Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen.-Early life:...
, British actress - Antony Duff, past head of MI5MI5The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence...
- Cara Leland DuffAbbie G. RogersAbbie Gifford Rogers , was the first wife of Henry Huttleston Rogers, , a United States capitalist, businesswoman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist....
, later Lady Fairhaven - Damien DuffDamien DuffDamien Anthony Duff is an Irish footballer who plays for Premier League team Fulham and the Republic of Ireland national football team. With Ireland he has participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and helped his team qualify for UEFA Euro 2012...
, footballerFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
with Fulham F.C.Fulham F.C.Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
and IrelandRepublic of Ireland national football teamThe Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010.... - Dick DuffDick DuffTerrence Richard "Dick" Duff was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 18 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings, and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League . He also served as head coach of the Leafs for part of the...
, Canadian ice hockey player - Edward Gordon DuffEdward Gordon DuffEdward Gordon Duff was an English bibliographer and librarian known for his works on early English printing....
, English bibliographer and librarian - Elmyra DuffElmyra DuffElmyra Jessica Duff is a cartoon character from the Warner Bros. animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures. She is one of the main characters from the show. Elmyra is voiced by Cree Summer in all of her appearances...
, fictional character from Tiny Toon AdventuresTiny Toon AdventuresSteven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, usually referred to as Tiny Toon Adventures or simply Tiny Toons, is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. It began production as a result of Warner Bros.... - Captain George DuffGeorge DuffCaptain George Duff RN was a British naval officer during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, who was killed by a cannon ball at the battle of Trafalgar....
of the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
who commanded HMS MarsHMS Mars (1794)HMS Mars was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 October 1794 at Deptford Dockyard.-Career:In the early part of the French Revolutionary Wars she was assigned to the Channel Fleet. In 1797 under Captain Alexander Hood she was prominent in the Spithead mutiny...
at the Battle of TrafalgarBattle of TrafalgarThe Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars .... - George F. D. DuffGeorge F. D. DuffGeorge Francis Denton Duff was a Canadian mathematician who did research in partial differential equations and wave phenomena. He took an interest in harnessing the extraordinarily large tides in the Bay of Fundy for generating electricity.Duff was a PhD student of Solomon Lefschetz at Princeton...
, (1926–2001) Canadian mathematician - Gordon William Duff, British professor
- Haylie DuffHaylie DuffHaylie Katherine Duff is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the older sister of actress and singer Hilary Duff...
, American actress, Hilary's sister - Hilary DuffHilary DuffHilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, she achieved fame playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She also reprised her role in...
, American pop singer and actress, Haylie's sister - Howard DuffHoward DuffHoward Green Duff was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.Duff was born in Charleston, Washington, now a part of Bremerton. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932 where he began acting in school plays only after he was cut from the basketball team...
, American actor - Jamal DuffJamal DuffJamal Duff is an American actor and former American football player in the National Football League. He played college football at San Diego State University, then played in the National Football League for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins....
, American actor and former NFL American football player - James Duff, one of several people including:
- James Duff DuffJames Duff DuffJames Duff Dunlop Duff , known as James Duff Duff or J. D. Duff, was an English translator and classical scholar best known for his edition of Juvenal.-Biography:...
, English classicist - James Duff (writer)James Duff (writer)James Duff is an American television writer, producer and director. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and has written plays and television screenplays...
, American writer - James Fitzjames Duff, English educator
- James Grant DuffJames Grant DuffJames Grant Duff was a British Soldier, and historian.-Early Life:He was the eldest son of John Grant of Kincardine O'Neil and Margaret Miln Duff of Eden, who died 20 August 1824, was born in the town of Banff on 8 July 1789...
, soldier for the British East India CompanyBritish East India CompanyThe East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China... - James H. DuffJames H. DuffJames Henderson Duff was an American lawyer and politician in the mid-20th century. He served as the 34th Governor of Pennsylvania and U.S...
, American politician
- James Duff Duff
- Jason DuffJason DuffJason Paul Duff is a former field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.- Early life :Duff attended St...
, Australian field hockey player - Karen DuffyKaren DuffyKaren Duffy is an American model, television personality, and actress.-Early life:Duffy was born in New York City, the daughter of Carol, a homemaker, and Phil Duffy, a developer. She attended Park Ridge High School in Park Ridge, New Jersey, graduating in 1979...
, an actress, model, and former MTV VJ once known as "Duff" - Lyman Poore DuffLyman Poore DuffSir Lyman Poore Duff, GCMG, PC, QC was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and briefly served as Acting Governor General of Canada in 1931 and 1940....
, Canadian Chief Justice - Michael Duff (physicist), physicist and string theorist
- Michael Duff (footballer)Michael Duff (footballer)Michael James Duff is a Northern Irish international footballer who plays for Burnley. He plays in the centre of defence or at right-back.-Career:Although born in Belfast Duff was raised in Bedale, North Yorkshire...
, Northern Ireland footballer - Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet, socialite
- Mickey DuffMickey DuffMickey Duff born 7 June 1929 in Krakow, Poland is a former British boxer, manager and promoter.Born Monek Prager in Krakow, Poland. His rabbi father saw the rise of the German Nazi party, so the family parents emigrated to England in the late 1930s.Having turned professional as a boxer illegally...
, British boxing promoter - Norwich DuffNorwich DuffAdmiral Norwich Duff was a Royal Navy officer.The son of Captain George Duff RN, and Sophia Dirom, he was born at 9 South Castle Street, Edinburgh. He entered the Royal Navy in July 1805, just before his 13th birthday, serving aboard his father's ship HMS Mars as a midshipman...
, British admiral - Patrick DuffPatrick DuffPatrick Duff is an English singer-songwriter, and was the lead singer of the alternative rock band Strangelove.- Biography :Patrick Duff was born in Bristol, England, to an Irish father and a Welsh mother on 30 June 1966...
, British Singer Songwriter - Peggy DuffPeggy DuffPeggy Duff was a British political activist who was principally known for her contribution to the peace movement as the organiser of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.-Background:...
, British activist - Reggie DuffReggie DuffReginald Alexander Duff was an Australian cricketer who played in 22 Tests between 1902 and 1905....
, Australian cricketer - Rick DuffRick DuffRick Duff is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...
, Canadian boxer - Robert Duff (disambiguation), one of several people, including
- Robert Duff (politician)Robert Duff (politician)Sir Robert William Duff, GCMG, PC was a Scottish Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1861 to 1893 and was Governor of New South Wales from 1893 to 1895.-Early life:...
, Scottish politician - Robert Duff (Royal Navy officer), Admiral and governor of Newfoundland
- Robert Duff (politician)
- Thomas DuffThomas DuffThomas John Duff was an Irish architect from the town of Newry, County Down. Duff was the principal architect of a number of Roman Catholic churches and cathedrals in the northeast of Ireland....
, Irish architect - Tom DuffTom DuffThomas Douglas Selkirk Duff is a computer programmer. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and grew up in Toronto and Leaside. In 1974 he graduated from the University of Waterloo with a B.Math and, two years later, got an M.Sc...
, Canadian computer scientist - Warren B. DuffWarren B. DuffWarren Duff was a film and television writer and producer.As a writer, Duff wrote for films including, Fashions of 1934, Angels with Dirty Faces , Experiment Perilous , Step Lively and Appointment with Danger .He worked on television programs including The Invaders and Mannix .Duff, the...
, film and television writer and producer - William E. DuffWilliam E. DuffWilliam Duff is the American author of the 1999 book A Time for Spies: Theodore Stephanovich Mally and the Era of the Great Illegals.He is a former FBI counterintelligence specialist. He is a graduate of University of the South and Baylor School....
, American writer on counterespionage
As a family name of Scottish aristocrats:
- William Duff, 1st Earl FifeWilliam Duff, 1st Earl FifeWilliam Duff, 1st Earl Fife was a Scottish peer.The son of William Duff of Dipple, in 1719 he married Janet Ogilvie, daughter of James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater. She died in 1720 and in 1723 he married Jean Grant, daughter of Sir James Grant, Bt...
(c. 1696–1763) - James Duff, 2nd Earl FifeJames Duff, 2nd Earl FifeJames Duff, 2nd Earl Fife was a Scottish Earl, Baron and Minister of Parliament.-Heritage:James Duff was second son of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife, and Jean Grant , his fathers second wife. His father, son of William Duff of Dipple, co. Banff, was M.P...
(1729–1809) - Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl FifeAlexander Duff, 3rd Earl FifeAlexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife was a Scottish nobleman.Duff was the son of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife and younger brother of James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife....
(1731–1811) - James Duff, 4th Earl FifeJames Duff, 4th Earl FifeJames Duff, 4th Earl of Fife KT, GCH , was a Scot who became a Spanish general.-Biography:James was the elder son of the Hon. Alexander Duff, who succeeded his brother as third Earl Fife in 1809...
(1776–1857) - James Duff, 5th Earl FifeJames Duff, 5th Earl FifeJames Duff, 5th Earl Fife was a Scottish nobleman.Duff was the son of Sir Alexander Duff, younger brother of James Duff, 4th Earl Fife and Anne Stein, the daughter of James Stein of Gilbogie....
(1814–1879) - Alexander Duff, 6th Earl FifeAlexander Duff, 1st Duke of FifeAlexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife KG, KT, GCVO, PC, VD , styled Viscount Macduff between 1857 and 1879 and known as The Earl Fife between 1879 and 1889, was a British Peer who married Princess Louise of Wales, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Alexandra of...
(1849–1912) (became Duke of Fife in 1887) - Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of FifeAlexander Duff, 1st Duke of FifeAlexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife KG, KT, GCVO, PC, VD , styled Viscount Macduff between 1857 and 1879 and known as The Earl Fife between 1879 and 1889, was a British Peer who married Princess Louise of Wales, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Alexandra of...
(1849–1912) - Sir Benjamin Duff, 5th Baronet (1808–1897)
- Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Scottish landowner
- Lucy, Lady Duff-GordonLucy, Lady Duff-GordonLucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon was a leading fashion designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known as "Lucile", her professional name. The first British designer to achieve international renown, Lucile was a widely-acknowledged innovator in couture styles as well as in fashion...
, fashion designer
- Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 6th Baronet (1878–1962)
- Sir George Cospatrick Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 7th Baronet (1906–1953)
In the British Royal Family
British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...
:
- Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise Duff, Princess Alexandra, Duchess of FifePrincess Alexandra, Duchess of FifePrincess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of King Edward VII...
- Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgina Bertha Duff, Princess Maud of FifePrincess Maud of Fife-Titles and styles:*3 April 1893 – 5 November 1905: The Lady Maud Duff*5 November 1905 – 12 November 1923: Her Highness Princess Maud of Fife*12 November 1923 – 10 November 1941: Lady Carnegie...
See also
- Clan MacDuffClan MacDuffClan MacDuff is a Scottish armigerous clan, which is registered with Lyon Court, though currently without a chief. Moncreiffe wrote that the Clan MacDuff was the premier clan among the Scottish Gaels. The early chiefs of Clan MacDuff were the Earls of Fife...
- Duff (disambiguation)
- McDuff (disambiguation)
- Chris DuffChris DuffChris Duff is an American expedition sea kayaker, who is most notable for his large scale projects and world-record breaking attempts. Since 1983, he has kayaked over 14,000 miles.-Expeditions:...
- Anthony DuffAnthony DuffSir Arthur Antony Duff, GCMG, CVO, DSO, DSC, PC was Director General of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1985 to 1988.-Career:...