Cuff

See also: cuff

English

Alternative forms

• Cuffe

Etymology

Various etymologies:

• As an English surname, from Middle English cuffe (“glove”); see cuff.
• As an Irish surname, from mac duibh (“son of the dark one”), see Duff.
• As a Cornish surname, from cuf (“kind, dear”), from Proto-Celtic *koymo- (“nice, dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”); see home.

Proper noun

Cuff (plural Cuffs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cuff is the 10598^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3022 individuals. Cuff is most common among White (64.96%) and Black/African American (25.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cuff”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 392.