Given name & surname

Dufton

“dove”

Dufton is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Dufton goes back to Old English *dūfe, meaning “dove.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Dufton comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English *dūfe (“dove”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Old English

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Old English

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Old English

Urmston

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