Kidney

See also: kidney

English

Etymology

From a mistranslation of Irish Ó Dubháin (“descendant of Dubhán”) (directly rendered in English as Duane), a personal name from a diminutive of dubh (“black”). This was confused with dubhán (“kidney”), which in fact is a derivative of dubh (“black”).

Proper noun

Kidney (plural Kidneys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kidney is the 21034^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1250 individuals. Kidney is most common among White (94.8%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kidney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 300.

Anagrams

• dinkey