Cuff Family History
Cuff Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Cuffe (Old English Cuffa a pet form perhaps of Cūthfrith). English: possibly from Middle English cuffe coffe ‘mitten’ either as a metonymic occupational name for a maker and seller of gloves or a nickname for a wearer of particularly fine gloves. English: variant of Cove with the original long vowel shortened and the final consonant unvoiced to /f/. Irish (Mayo and Roscommon): variant of Cuffe . African American: variant of Cuffee .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022