Macfie or MacFie is a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
of
Scottish origin. The name is derived from the
Gaelic
Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to:
Languages
* Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...
''Mac Dhuibhshíthe'', which means "son of ''Duibhshíth''" (or alternately ''MacDhubhshith'', "son of ''Dubhshithe''"). This Gaelic
personal name
A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek ''prósōpon'' – person, and ''onoma'' –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known. When taken together as a word-group, they all relate to that on ...
is composed of two elements: ''dubh'' "black" + ''síth'' "peace".
The earliest record of the surname is of ''Thomas Macdoffy'', in 1296.
Uses of the name
People
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Robert Andrew Macfie (1811–1893), Scottish businessman and Member of Parliament
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John McPhee
John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American author. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourt ...
(born 1931 ), Scottish American author
Other
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Clan Macfie
Clan Macfie is a Highlands Scottish Clan.
Since 1981, the clan has been officially registered with the Court of the Lord Lyon, which is the heraldic authority of Scotland.
The clan is considered an armigerous clan because even though the ...
, Scottish clan historically located on the island of Colonsay in the Hebrides
References
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