Settling the Clan Name
The Lord Lyon has decreed that we settle the name of our Clan. There are no official records at the Court regarding a prior process of determining our name.
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Settling of a Clan name will occur in late Autumn of 2024 and must be decided by overwhelming consensus before a Commander candidate is presented to the Lord Lyon. On this page you can find details on how we will go about settling on our name in this process. There will be three choices.
Date of your submission to determination if eligible to participate is 15-SEP-2024.
Why settle on a name?
The Lord Lyon has determined that the Clan select, by overwhelming consensus, a single name. The process of choosing a Commander is a step toward finding a Chief. Therefore, there must be a single Clan name.
Clan Name Options
There are three options for a Clan name and they are (in alphabetical order):
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Clan Dubhsith (pronounced doo-hee). The progenitor of the Clan is considered to be Murchardus MacDubhsith or Macdufie of Colonsay, whose grave slab carved in 1539 was placed in the Oronsay Priory in Argyll. The Gaelic name is of ancient origin.
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Clan MacDuffie. As Macdufie was the first non-Gaelic rendition of his name, a modernised version would be MacDuffie (and variants).
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Clan Macfie. In 1981 members of certain Clan Societies chose Macfie as their overall Clan name.
What about our current
Society name?
It is not anticipated that any current Society or Family would change its name. There is no reason why an overall Clan name cannot encompass a variety of eligible surnames. Please note that membership in a Society is not required to participate. You must however have an eligible surname.
Eligible surnames include:
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Dubhsith
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Duffee, Duffie, Duffey, Duffy
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M(a)cAfee, M(a)cAfie
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M(a)cCuish
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M(a)cDuffee, M(a)cDuffie, M(a)cDuffey, M(a)cDuffy
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M(a)cFee, M(a)cFie
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M(a)cPhee, M(a)cPhie
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See the "Settling the Name" document below for more information.