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Type Surname (from given name)
Usage English (Archaic), Anglo-Norman
Meaning & History
Tuffin is a surname that was brought to England in the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the medieval female given name Tiffania, that comes from the Greek Theophania, composed of the elements theos, meaning God and phainein meaning to appear. Tuffin translates roughly as 'the manifestation of God'.