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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German : from Middle Low German dūve ‘dove’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who bred or sold doves, or perhaps a nickname for a gentle person.
  • Eastern German, Sorbian : variant of Dube.

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