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01 / Meaning & origin
Marmaduke is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Irish.
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Thought to be derived from the Irish name Mael Maedóc, "devotee of Maedóc" (an Irish saint); also anglicised as Malachy.
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Marmaduke— “sea leader (?)”
And there is a name, still very common in the North of England, that I cannot help connecting with some of these, namely Marmaduke, which appeared among the chivalry of England about the thirteenth century, and has never become extinct. It is most likely a corruption of one or other of the _sea_ names, in fact, it is not far from Muireadach; or it may be the offspring of the Scottish title, Maormar, from _maor_, a steward or officer, and _mor_, great, thus meaning the great…
And there is a name, still very common in the North of England, that I cannot help connecting with some of these, namely Marmaduke, which appeared among the chivalry of England about the thirteenth century, and has never become extinct. It is most likely a corruption of one or other of the _sea_ names, in fact, it is not far from Muireadach; or it may be the offspring of the Scottish title, Maormar, from _maor_, a steward or officer, and _mor_, great, thus meaning the great officer of the crown, the term which prevailed before the Saxon Thegn or Danish Earl displaced it.[106]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part V, Chapter IV (Names Of Cymric Romance), Section VII (Percival) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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