DUIJF

Duif ("dove, pigeon") is an archaic Dutch male given name and patronymic surname. Variant spellings include Duijf, Duyf and Duive. Female forms are Duifje, Duifke, Duijfie, etc., some of which are still in use. Jan Ariens Duif (1617–1649), Dutch Golden Age painter from Gouda Tjeertje Bergers-Duif (born 1944), Dutch sprint canoer Duyff Jan Willem Duyff (1907–1969), Dutch World War II resistance fighter