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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish and Scottish : Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Conduibh, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Dhubh, composed of the elements ‘hound’ (genitive con) + dubh ‘black’. It is also Anglicized as Cunniff and McAdoo.

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