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MacDuff at a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Scottish Shakespearean
- Western numerology
- 9
- Indian numerology
- 6
- Characters
- 7
- Popular
- 181 family views
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What does MacDuff mean?
MacDuff is a baby name with Scottish, Shakespearean context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is Son of the blackman; 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' Macduff, Thane of Fife, a nobleman of Scotland who finally kills Macbeth.
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