Kidney

Used in: 2 countries

Origin: Irish

From a mistranslation of Irish Ó Dubháin (“descendant of Dubhán”) (directly rendered in English as Duane), a personal name from a diminutive of dubh (“black”). This was confused with dubhán (“kidney”), which in fact is a derivative of dubh (“black”).

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Kidney Perks Derived from Kidney
Kidney-Perks Derived from Kidney
Abee Irish origin
Ahearn Irish origin
Ahern Irish origin
Aherne Irish origin
Aidan Irish origin
Aiden Irish origin
Allardice Irish origin
Anguish Irish origin

Popularity by Country

Kidney

Rank #16159

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Kidney

Rank #20642

Frequency 1,192 people (0.44 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 97.65% Hispanic 0.76% Black 0.84% Two+ 0.5%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

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