Duif ("dove, pigeon") is an archaic Dutch male given name and patronymic surname. Variant spellings include Duijf, Duyf and Duive. Female forms are Duifje, Duifke, Duijfie, etc., some of which are still in use.[1][2]

Duyff

References edit

  1. ^ Duive at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands
  2. ^ Duif at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

See also edit

  • De Duif, a church on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam
  • Daub
  • Douwe, West-Frisian given name of the same origin