Tuft Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

In census returns, Tuft often stands in for Tufts. In origin, the name means “A dweller at a toft, a yard enclosing a residence”.

A variant of Tufts

Without the “s” of Tufts, Tuft is a simpler written form of the same name. The same family of names includes Tufte, Tuff and Tuis.

In the records

Tuft ranked 29,309 in the 2010 US Census, with 807 people answering to the name.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Tuft family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

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