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Kidney
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kidney
English
Etymology
From a mistranslation of en ga Ó Dubháin descendant of Dubhán (directly rendered in English as en Duane), a personal name from a diminutive of ga dubh black. This was confused with ga dubhán kidney, which in fact is a derivative of ga dubh black.
Proper noun
s
en Irish.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Kidney is the 21034th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1250 individuals. Kidney is most common among White (94.8%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en deikny dinkey