Duif Explained

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]}

• Jan Ariens Duif (1617–1649), Dutch Golden Age painter from Gouda
• Tjeertje Bergers-Duif (born 1944), Dutch sprint canoer

Duyff

• (1907–1969), Dutch World War II resistance fighter

See also

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verklaring/naam/Duive Duive
2. https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=duif&gba_naam=Duif&nfd_naam=Duif&operator=eq&taal= Duif