Peoples Family History
Peoples Name Meaning
Irish (Donegal): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duibhne ‘descendant of Dubhne’ see Deeney . Peoples is a pseudo-translation based on the perceived resemblance of the Irish name to Gaelic daoine ‘people’. English: variant of People with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022