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| Subject: | Re: Doubtfire |
| Author: | Jim Young (guest, 83.100.253.82) |
| Date: | September 11, 2006 at 6:13:04 AM |
| Reply to: | Re: Doubtfire by Mar |
Yes, it seems that there were 207 people of this name in Britain in 1998, and none anywhere else. Reaney and Wilson suggest that it's a nickname, doute-fire, meaning "fear fire"; alternatively "a late corruption of DOUGHTY". They list a Robert Doughtfire living in Lincolnshire in 1509.
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