Given name & surname

Macduff

“the son of the blackskinned man”

Macduff is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of the blackskinned man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One interpretation is “the son of the blackskinned man.”

Macduff’s family of names

Macduff has a related form in Macduf. Macduff has a related form in McDuf. Macduff has a related form in McDuff.

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Macduff, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Gaelic

Malculf

Malculf is a masculine given name from Scottish Gaelic. It is used in Old English.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Gaelic

Macqueen

“the son of the good man”

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>99% boys

Gaelic

MacCann

“sons of Cana”

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Gaelic

Macnab

“the son of the abbot”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Gaelic

Macgill

“the son of Gill”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Gaelic

Maccoll

“the son of Coll”

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>99% boys

Gaelic

Macphail

MacPhail is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

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Gaelic

Macneill

“the son of Neil”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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