Names

Means “from the fort”, from French fort “stronghold”.

Anglicized form of Mac Duibhshíthe.

Derived from Irish Ó Dubhthaigh meaning “descendant of Dubhthach”. Their original homeland was Monaghan where the surname is still the most common; they are also from Donegal and Roscommon.

Derived from Gaelic dubh meaning “dark”.

Variant of Dürr.

From a place name meaning “Dudda’s clearing” in Old English. The surname was borne by a British noble family.

Variant of Deschamps.

Variant of Deschamps. A famous bearer was the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968).

Means “from the forest”, from French bois “forest”.

Gaelic form of Douglas.