Dufficy Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Dufficy, so the heraldry linked to Duffy is a starting point, not an automatic right.

What Dufficy means

The spelling Dufficy grew out of Duffy, an Irish surname with a long paper trail. Read literally, Dufficy points to “Descendant of Dubhthach, "dark one"”.

The ending -icy in Dufficy marks an Irish derivative of the root behind Duffy. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include O'Duffy, Duffey and Duffe.

Want more than a summary? See the Dufficy family name pack.