Kidney Family History
Kidney Name Meaning
Irish: from a mistranslation of Gaelic Ó Dubháin ‘descendant of Dubhán’ a byname from a diminutive of dubh ‘black’ (see Devine ). This was confused with the Gaelic word dubhán ‘kidney’ which is in fact a derivative of dubh ‘black’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022