English: from the Old Norse personal name Tófi, a reduced
form of any of various compound names formed with þórr,
name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor), + a second element
beginning with f or v, for example valdr
‘rule’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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