Duff (surname)
The surname Duff has several origins. In some cases, it is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Ó Duibh, Mac Giolla Duibh, Mac Duibh. The surname Duff is also sometimes a short form of Duffin, and MacElduff, and Duffy.
The Gaelic dubh is a word-element which forms a part of several Gaelic names.
Le Duff is the gallicized variant of the Breton surname An Du which means The Black.
People
- Alan Duff, New Zealand writer
- Alexander Duff , founder of Scottish Church College, Calcutta
- Alexander Duff , British admiral
- Andrew Duff, British politician
- Anne Macintosh Duff, Canadian watercolor artist
- Anne-Marie Duff, British actress
- Antony Duff, past head of MI5
- Antony Duff, British philosopher
- Arthur Duff, Irish composer
- Bob Duff , New Zealand rugby union player and coach
- Cara Leland Duff, later Lady Fairhaven
- Celia Duff, British Hyrox athlete
- Chris Duff, American expedition sea kayaker
- Damien Duff, Irish football manager and former player
- Dick Duff, Canadian ice hockey player
- Douglas Duff, policeman and author
- Duncan Duff, Scottish actor
- Edward Gordon Duff, British bibliographer and librarian
- Elmyra Duff, fictional character from Tiny Toon Adventures
- Ernest Duff, American businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop
- Captain George Duff of the Royal Navy who commanded HMS Mars at the Battle of Trafalgar
- George F. D. Duff, Canadian mathematician
- Gordon William Duff, British professor
- Hailey Duff, Scottish curler
- Haylie Duff, American actress, Hilary's sister
- Hilary Duff, American pop singer and actress, Haylie's sister
- Howard Duff, American actor
- Jamal Duff, American actor and former NFL American football player
- James Duff
- Jason Duff, Australian field hockey player
- Jill Duff, Anglican priest and Bishop-designate of Lancaster
- John Duff
- KJ Duff, American football player
- Louis Le Duff, French billionaire businessman
- Lyman Poore Duff, Canadian Chief Justice
- Michael Duff, British physicist and string theorist
- Michael Duff, Northern Ireland footballer
- Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet, British hereditary peer
- Mickey Duff, British boxing promoter
- Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, Scottish politician and author
- Norwich Duff, British admiral
- Patrick Duff, British singer-songwriter
- Peggy Duff, British activist
- Philip S. Duff, American newspaper editor and politician
- Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer
- Rick Duff, Canadian boxer
- Robert Duff
- Roger Duff, New Zealand ethnologist
- Shane Duff, Northern Irish footballer
- Stan Duff, English footballer
- Thomas Duff
- Tom Duff, Canadian computer scientist
- Warren B. Duff, film and television writer and producer
- William E. Duff, American writer on counterespionage
- Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, née Duff
- Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, née Duff
- William Duff, 1st Earl Fife
- James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife
- Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife
- James Duff, 4th Earl Fife
- James Duff, 5th Earl Fife
- Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, later Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife