Kidney

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

From a mistranslation of Irish Ó Dubháin (“descendant of Dubhán”) (directly rendered in English as Duane), a personal name from a diminutive of dubh (“black”). This was confused with dubhán (“kidney”), which in fact is a derivative of dubh (“black”).

Translations

كلية

Ronyó

Niere

Rein

Rene

Gurçik

Nier

Nerka

Rim

Riñón

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