Details for the forename Marmaduke

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Marmaduke (male)


Diminutive(s):	Duke (M)
Derivative of:	Maedóc (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English, of uncertain origin, possibly an Anglicized form of the Old Irish name Mael-maedóc, "servant of Maedoc". The modern Welsh form Madog [Old Welsh "fortunate/good"] survives.