Home › Words › D › duffinduffinduffin means A surname from Irish.EtymologyReduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhfinn (“descendant of Dubhfionn”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + fionn (“fair, white”).nameA surname from Irish.nounA combination of a doughnut and a muffin.e.g.“Molly’s Muffinery serves ‘duffins’ — a cross between jelly doughnuts and muffins.” — 1988 August 28, Times Colonist, 130th year, number 255, Victoria, B.C., page M4:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bruffin 70% match — A combination of a brioche and a muffin. vs duffin →duff 70% match — Dough. vs duffin →scuffin 68% match — A food resembling both a scone and a muffin. vs duffin →cruffin 67% match — A pastry combining characteristics of a croissant and a muffin. A muffin-like breadstuff made from croissant dough. A croissant-based muffin. vs duffin →muffin 62% match — To transfer files between 13-sector and 16-sector Apple II diskettes, as with MUFFIN (Move Utility For Files In NewDOS.) vs duffin →cronut 58% match — A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut. A croissant-based donut. A breadstuff shaped like a donut and made from croissant dough. vs duffin →doissant 57% match — Synonym of cronut. vs duffin →dougher 57% match — A baker. vs duffin →