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Irish name

A formal Irish-language
Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
name consists of a given name

Given name

A given name is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name ....
and a surname

Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases a surname is a family name; the family-name meaning first appeared in 1375....
, as in English. Surnames in Irish are generally patronymic

Patronymic

A patronym or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor....
in etymology, although they are no longer literal patronyms, as Icelandic name

Icelandic name

Icelandic names differ from most Western hemisphere family name systems by being patronymic in that they reflect the immediate father of the child and not the historic family lineage....
s are. The form of a surname varies according to whether its bearer is male

Man

A man is a male human. The term man is used for an adult human male, while the term boy being the usual term for a human male child or adolescent human male....
or female

Woman

File:Duval La Naissance de Venus.jpgA woman is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent....
, and in the case of a married

Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
woman, whether she chooses to adopt her husband's surname.

An alternative traditional naming convention, not used for official purposes but generalised in Gaeltachtaí or Irish-speaking areas

Gaeltacht

is the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region. In Republic of Ireland, The Gaeltacht, or An Ghaeltacht, refers to any of the districts where the government recognizes that the Irish language is the predominant language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home....
, consists of the first name followed by a double patronym, usually with the father and grandfather's names.

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Epithets

A first name may be modified by an adjective to distinguish its bearer from other people with the same name. Óg "young" and Mór "big" are used to distinguish father and son, like English junior and senior

Suffix (name)

A name suffix, in the Western naming tradition, follows a person?s full name and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office or honour....
, but are placed between the given name and the surname: Seán Óg Ó Súilleabháin corresponds to "John O'Sullivan, Jr."(although anglicised versions of the name often drop the "O'" from the name). Adjectives denoting hair color may also be used, especially informally: Pádraig Rua ("red-haired Patrick"), Máire Bhán ("fair-haired Mary").

In former times the word Beag/Beg, meaning "little", would sometimes be used in place of Óg. For example, the grandfather of James Cardinal Gibbons

James Cardinal Gibbons

James Cardinal Gibbons was an American prelate, the Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1877 until his death. In 1886 he became the second man from the United States to be made a Cardinal ....
of Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
, was Luke Mor Gibbons, and one of his sons (an uncle of Cardinal Gibbons), was known as Luke Beg. This did not necessarily indicate that the younger Luke was small in stature, merely younger than his father. Sometimes beag would be used to imply a baby was small at birth – and premature – particularly when the baby was born less than 9 months after marriage.

Surnames and prefixes

A man's surname generally takes the form Ó (originally "grandson") or Mac ("son") followed by the genitive case

Genitive case

Irish initial mutations

Irish language, like all modern Celtic languages, is characterized by its initial consonant mutations. These mutations affect the initial consonant of a word under specific morphology and syntax conditions....
. Thus the daughter of a man named Ó Dónaill has the surname Ní Dhónaill and the daughter of a man named Mac Gearailt has the surname Nic Gearailt. If, however, the second part of the surname begins with the letter C or G, it is not lenited after Nic: Nic Carthaigh, Nic Gearailt.

If a woman marries, she may choose to take her husband's surname. In this case, Ó is replaced by Bean Uí ("wife of the grandson of") and Mac by Bean Mhic ("wife of the son of"). In both cases bean may be omitted, in which case the woman uses simply Uí or Mhic. Again, the second part of the surname is lenited (unless it begins with C, in which case it is only lenited after Uí). Thus a woman marrying a man named Ó Dónaill may choose to be use Bean Uí Dhónaill or Uí Dhónaill as her surname; a woman marrying a man named Mac Gearailt may choose to use Bean Mhic Gearailt or Mhic Gearailt.

If the second part of the surname begins with a vowel

Vowel

In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language, such as English ah! or oh! , pronounced with an open vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air pressure at any point above the glottis....
, the form Ó attaches an h to it, as in Ó hUiginn (O'Higgins) or Ó hAodha (Hughes). The other forms effect no change: Ní Uiginn, (Bean) Uí Uiginn; Mac Aodha, Nic Aodha, Mhic Aodha, and so forth.

Mag is often used instead of Mac before a vowel or the silent fh. Ua is an alternative form of Ó.

Some names of Norman

Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
origin have the prefix Fitz, from Latin filius "son", such as Fitzwilliam, Fitzgerald, and so forth.

(O')Hassan may have an eastern look but in Ireland it is the anglicized form of Ó hOsáin. It is to be distinguished from Ó hOisín and Ó hOiseáin (see Hession and Hishon). In County Londonderry
County Londonderry

County Londonderry or County Derry is one of the six Counties of Ireland of Northern Ireland in the Provinces of Ireland of Ulster in Ireland....
, where it is numerous, it is spelt Hassan, Hassen and Hasson. In the Monaghan Hearth Money Rolls of 1663 it appears as O'Hassan. There was a Hasson of Wexford among the "principal gentlemen" of that county in 1598, but that family was no doubt of non-Gaelic stock and a John Hassan was an influential merchant in Wexford fifty years earlier.

Traditional Gaeltacht names

In Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) areas it remains customary to use a name composed of the first name, followed by the father's name in the genitive case

Genitive case

In grammar, the genitive case or possessive case is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun but it can also indicate various relationships other than possession; certain verbs may take argument in the genitive case; and it may have adverbial uses ....
, followed by the name of the paternal grandfather, also in the genitive. Thus Seán Ó Cathasaigh, son of Pól, son of Séamus, would be known to his neighbours as Seán Phóil Shéamuis. Occasionally, if the mother or grandmother was a well-known person locally, her name may be used instead of that of the father or grandfather. If the mother's name is used, then that of the maternal grandfather (or potentially grandmother) follows it, for example, Máire Sally Eoghain.

These names are not used for official purposes. Often a nickname or English version of a name is used in their composition where the person would use a standard Irish form in formal circumstances. For example, the prominent sean-nós singer Seán Mac Dhonnchadha is perhaps better known as Johnny Mhairtín Learaí.

Additives

Many Irish surnames are concentrated in particular parts of the country and there are areas where a single surname may account for a large proportion of the population. Examples include O'Reilly/Reilly in Co. Cavan, Ryan in Co. Tipperary and East Co. Limerick and O'Sullivan in the Beara penninsula of West Cork. In such cases, the surname may also contain an additive in popular usage to differentiate one group bearing the same surname from another.

Additives are particularly common among those bearing the Ryan surname. Examples include Ryan Lacken, Ryan Luke and Ryan Doc. A man christened Thomas Ryan might be known as Tommy Doc and his family might be referred as the Docs. While the additive is not part of a person's official name, it may be used in a postal address, on an election register or in newspaper reports. In this case, Tommy Doc might be written as Thomas Ryan (D).

Like the surname, the additive is passed down from father to child. However, if a person becomes well-known by a nickname of his own, his children may take his nickname as an additive. For example, if Tommy Ryan Doc was often referred to as "Bomber", his son Patrick might referred to orally as Pat Bomber and written as Patrick Ryan (B).

First or given names

The Irish have a traditional system for naming children : the first son is named after the father's father, the second son after the mother's father, the third son after the father, the first daughter after the mother's mother, the second daughter after the father's mother, the third daughter after the mother. Any further children are named by the parents' choice. This has led to some spectacular names being made more common, for example there are plenty of Assumptas and Perpetuas, and many girls were named after Saints Theresa and Bernadette in the 1950s shortly after they were canonised. Many families still adhere to this way of naming children, although it is becoming less common nowadays with the influx of more secular names from the world of TV and popular music. Traditional names, like Gráinne, Áine and Cathal, or Irish versions of Norman names, such as Seán (from Norman French Jean), Siobhán and Sinéad, are also very common. It's possible for several cousins to have exactly the same name, eg. Daniel Murphy, if all their fathers were brothers, and they are named after the same grandfather. To avoid confusion a pet name may be used, or a middle name eg Daniel Patrick may be called Dan Pat, and Daniel John may be called Danny John. Though it has been seen in older high class families where family records are present that the child's name can be that of an ancestor or famous person, such a thing is most prominent in the isolated families, such as the Mac Diamadas of Limerick and the Mac Gillachs of Donegal whose families have dated back to the 10th century.

Partial list of anglicised surnames

Many Irish people use English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
(or at least anglicised) forms of their names in English-language contexts and Irish

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
forms in Irish-language contexts. The Irish names of some famous people include:

English/anglicised name	Irish name
Gerry Adams Gerry Adams Gerry Adams, Member of the Legislative Assembly , UK Member of Parliament is an Irish people Irish republicanism politician and Abstentionism Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West ....	Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh
Bertie Ahern Bertie Ahern Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is an Republic of Ireland politician who served as Taoiseach of Republic of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008....	Parthalán Ó hEachthairn
Moya Brennan Moya Brennan M?ire N? Bhraon?in, better known as M?ire Brennan or Moya Brennan , is a Grammy Award-nominated Celtic music folk singer, songwriter, harpist and philanthropist....	Máire Ní Bhraonáin
Patrick Brontë Patrick Brontë Reverend Patrick Bront? was an Ireland Anglican curate and writer, who spent most of his adult life in England and was the father of the writers Charlotte Bront?, Emily Bront? and Anne Bront?, and of Patrick Branwell Bront?, his only son....	Padraig mac Aedh Ó Proinntigh
Erskine Childers Erskine Childers Erskine Childers may refer to:* Robert Erskine Childers , author and Irish nationalist, who served as secretary-general of the Irish delegation that negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921...	Earchta Ó Slatiascaigh
Michael Collins Michael Collins (Irish leader) Michael John Collins was an Ireland revolutionary leadership, Minister for Finance and Member of Parliament for South Cork in the First D?il of 1919, Director of Military intelligence for the Irish Republican Army, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations....	Mícheál Ó Coileáin
Liam Cosgrave Liam Cosgrave Liam Cosgrave served as the Taoiseach of Republic of Ireland between 1973 and 1977 and is the son of W. T. Cosgrave, President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932)....	Liam Mac Cosgair
William Thomas Cosgrave	Liam Tomás Mac Cosgair
Garret FitzGerald Garret FitzGerald Garret FitzGerald was the seventh Taoiseach of Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office . FitzGerald was elected to Seanad ?ireann in 1965 and was subsequently elected to D?il ?ireann as a Fine Gael Teachta D?la in 1969....	Gearalt Mac Gearailt
Charles Haughey Charles Haughey Charles James "Charlie" Haughey was the sixth Taoiseach of Republic of Ireland. One of the most controversial of Irish politicians in the 20th century, Haughey served three terms as Taoiseach: December 1979 to June 1981, March 1982 to December 1982 and March 1987 to February 1992, when he was forced to resign by revelations from a former...	Cathal Ó hEochaidh
Douglas Hyde Douglas Hyde Douglas Hyde was an Anglo-Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945. He founded the Gaelic League, one of the most influential cultural organisations in Ireland....	Dubhghlas de hÍde
Geoffrey Keating Geoffrey Keating Seathr?n C?itinn, known in English language as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Ireland Roman Catholic Church priest, poet and historian....	Seathrún Céitinn
Jack Lynch Jack Lynch John Mary "Jack" Lynch was the fourth Taoiseach of Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office; 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.Lynch was first elected to D?il ?ireann as a Teachta D?la for Cork in 1948, and was re-elected at each general election until his retirement in 1981....	Seán Ó Loingsigh
Mary McAleese Mary McAleese Mary Patricia McAleese is the President_of_Ireland#List_of_Presidents_of_Ireland and current President of Ireland. She is Ireland's second female president and the world's first woman to succeed another woman as an elected head of state....	Máire Mhic Ghiolla Íosa
Turlough O'Carolan Turlough O'Carolan Turlough Carolan was a blind, itinerant early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer....	Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin
Seán T. O'Kelly Sean T. O'Kelly Se?n Thomas O'Kelly was the second President of Ireland . He was a member of D?il ?ireann from 1918 until his election as President. During this time he served as Minister for Local Government and Minister for Finance ....	Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh
Kevin O'Higgins Kevin O'Higgins Kevin Christopher O'Higgins was an Irish politician who served as Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform....	Caoimhín Ó hUiginn
Grace O'Malley Grace O'Malley Gr?inne N? Mh?ille , also known as Granuaile or Gr?inne Mhaol, known in English language as Grace O'Malley , is an important figure in Irish folklore, but was in fact a larger-than-life real person from 16th century Early Modern Ireland 1536-1691....	Gráinne Ní Mháille
Thomas Francis O'Rahilly	Tomás Phroinsias Ó Rathaille
Patrick Pearse Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse was a teacher, barrister, Irish poetry, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916....	Pádraig Mac Piarais
Albert Reynolds Albert Reynolds Albert Reynolds , served as the eighth Taoiseach of Republic of Ireland, serving one term in office from 1992 until 1994. He was the fifth leader of Fianna F?il during the same period....	Ailbhe Mac Raghnaill
Mary Robinson Mary Robinson Mary Therese Winifred Robinson served as the President_of_Ireland#List_of_Presidents_of_Ireland, and first female, President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002....	Máire Mhic Róibín
Gerard Toal Gerard Toal Dr Gerard Toal is Professor of Government and International Affairs and Director of the Masters of Public and International Affairs program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Northern Capital Region campus....	Gearóid Ó Tuathail

In some cases, for example Garrett FitzGerald, "Mac Gearailt" is a translation to Irish from the Norman

Norman language

Norman is a Romance languages and one of the Langues d'o?l. The northern Norman can be classified in the septentrional O?l languages with Picard language and Walloon language....
-derived "Fitzgerald".

Partial list of Gaelic surnames

Other people are better known by their Irish name than by their English name:

Irish (Gaelic) name	English/anglicised form
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach ?g Giolla ?osa M?r mac Dubhaltach M?r Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius was an Irish people scribe, translator, historian and genealogist.... - though neither Dubhaltach or Fibrisigh correspond to the Anglicised forms	Dudley Forbes
Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh	Roderick O'Flaherty Roderick O'Flaherty Roderick O Flaherty , was an Irish historian. He was born in Co Galway and inherited Maigh Cuilinn Castle and estate.O'Flaherty was the last de jure Lord of Iar Connacht, and the last recognized chief of the O'Flaherty clan....
Flaithrí Ó Maolconaire	Florence Conry Florence Conry Florence Conry ; in Irish Flaithri O'Maolconaire ) was an Irish Franciscan and theologian, founder of the Irish College of St. Anthony at Louvain, and Archbishop of Tuam.... (1560-1629, Archbishop of Tuam Archbishop of Tuam The Catholic Archbishop of Tuam is the consecrated religious leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam and its constituent churches. Tuam is the largest diocese, by area, in Ireland, extending over a large portion of Connacht.... )
Seán Bán Breathnach Seán Bán Breathnach Se?n B?n Breathnach is a television and radio broadcaster and personality in the Republic of Ireland. He broadcasts in the medium of the Irish language, but is well known to English language speakers in the country....	"White" John Walsh
Séamus Ó Grianna Séamus Ó Grianna S?amus ? Grianna was an Republic of Ireland writer, who used the pen name M?ire. Born into a family of poets and storytellers in Ranafast, County Donegal, he attended local primary school until the age of 14....	James Greene - though Grianna does not correspond etymologically to the English name "Green" or "Greene"
Gráinne Seoige Gráinne Seoige Gr?inne Seoige is an Ireland TV presenter who was well known for her work as a news anchor on TG4, TV3 Ireland and the now defunct Sky News Ireland....	Grace Joyce
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin Eil?an N? Chuillean?in is an Irish poetry born in Cork ....	Ellen Cullen
Antoine Ó Raifteiri Antoine Ó Raifteiri Antoine ? Raifteiri was an Irish language Irish poetry who is often called the last of the wandering bards....	Anthony Raftery
Proinsias Mac Cana	Francis McCann
Proinsias De Rossa Proinsias De Rossa Proinsias De Rossa Member of the European Parliament is an Irish Labour Party politics and former President of the The Workers Party and subsequently leader of Democratic Left , and later, a senior member of the Labour Party ...	Frank Ross
Pádraig Ó Riain	Patrick Ryan
Padraig Ó Síocháin P. A. Ó Síocháin File:Padraig A. O Siochain.jpgP?draig Augustine ? S?och?in , 1905 – 1995, was an Irish people journalist, author, lawyer and Irish language activist, was born in Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland on 26 May, 1905, the sixth child and fourth son of five sons and five daughters of D.D....	P. A. Sheehan
Pádraig Ó Fiannachta Pádraig Ó Fiannachta P?draig ? Fiannachta is a renowned Irish language scholar, poet and priest, born in the County Kerry Gaeltacht in 1927. He studied at Maynooth College, University College Cork and All Hallows, Clonliffe College....	Patrick Finnerty
Lorcan Ua Tuathail Lorcán Ua Tuathail Lorc?n Ua Tuathail, also known as St Laurence O'Toole, was born at Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland, in 1128, and died at Eu, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France, on November 14, 1180; he was canonized in 1225 by Pope Honorius III....	Laurence O'Toole
Dara Ó Briain Dara Ó Briain Dara ? Briain, is an award winning Republic of Ireland comedian and television presenter.O'Briain has hosted and appeared on a number of successful panel shows including The Panel , Don't Feed the Gondolas, Mock the Week and QI....	Darragh O'Brien
Doireann Ní Bhriain Doireann Ní Bhriain Doireann N? Bhriain is an Ireland independent radio producer. She was a radio personality journalist, and started out reading children's stories on television....	Doreen O'Brien

Common equivalent forms of Christian names in Irish and English

Many Irish given names were replaced by English equivalents that sounded something like the original Gaelic form (at least to English ears) but were etymologically unrelated. Examples include:

Irish (Gaelic) name	English/anglicised form
Aodh	Hugh
Aoibhe	Eva
Aoife	Eve
Cathal	Charles
Conradh	Conrad
Cú Chonnacht	Constantine
Dáithí	David
Donnchadh	Dennis
Domhnall / Dónall	Daniel
Éamon(n)	Edward
Fearganainm	Ferdinand
Féilim	Felix
Giolla na Naomh	Nehemiah
Gráinne	Grace
Lorcan/Lorcain/Lorccan	Lauren/Larkin/Lawrence
Maol Mhuire	Myles
Maoileachlainn	Malachy
Sorcha/Saoirse	Sarah
Tadhg	Timothy
Tomaltach	Thomas or Timothy
Toirdhealbhach	Terence
Úna	Agnes

Irish surnames in Irish and English

Gael
Gaël

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ic surnames:

Annlúin / O hAnnlúinn (Hanlon, O'Hanlon)
Breathneach (Walsh
Walsh

Walsh may refer to:...
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Ó Baoill / Ó Baoighill (Boyle, O'Boyle)
Ó Branagáin (O'Brannigan, Branagan, Brangan, Brannigan)
Ó Brallaghan/ O'Brollachain (Bradley)
Ó Braonáin/Mac Braonáin (Brennan)
Ó Breaslain (Breslin
Breslin

Breslin is an Irish surname, the anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic name ? Breaslain....
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Ó Briain (O'Brian, O'Brien)
Ó Broin (Byrne, Byrnes, Burns)
Ó Broithe (Brophy)
Ó Cadhla (Kiely)
Ó Cairbre (Carbery, Carberry)
Ó Caoimh (O'Keeffe,O'Keefe)
Ó Caollaidhe (Kealy, Keely, Queally)
Ó Catháin / Ó Cahan (O'Kane, Kane, McCain, Keane, Kean, Cain)
Ó Cathal (Cahill)
Ó Cathasaigh (Casey)
Ó Ceallacháin (O'Callaghan)
Ó Ceallaigh (Kelly
Kelly (name)

Kelly is an Irish language origin given name and surname. Etymologically, it originated as a patronymic surname, with the prefix ? and the suffix Ceallach , an Old Gaelic clan name, ? Ceallaigh ....
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Ó Cearnaigh (Kearney/Carney/Carnie)
Ó Ceanndubhain (O'Canavan/Canavan
Canavan

Canavan is a surname, of Irish origin and may have two translations:* 1. "White Head" from O'Ceanndubhain Sept who were hereditary physicians to the O'Flahertys of Connemara....
/Kinavan)
Ó Caomhánach (Cavanaugh, Cavanacht, Kavanaugh, Kavanacht)
Ó Cillin (Killeen)
Ó Cinnéide (Kennedy)
Cinnseallaigh (Kinsella)
Ó Cionnaith (Kenny, Kenney)
Ó/Mac Cnáimhsí (Bonner, Kneafsey)
Ó Coigligh (Quigley)
Ó Conchobhair/Ó Conchúir (O'Connor, Connors)
Ó Con Fhiacla (Tuite)
Ó Conghaile/Mac Conghaile/Ó Cionnfhaolaidh (Connolly/Conneely/Kennelly)
Ó Conaing (O'Gunning/Gunning/Cunning))
Ó Conaill (O'Connell)
Ó Corráin (Curran)
Ó Crabháin (Creaven/Craven)
Ó Cuanaich/Ó Cuana (O'Cooney, Cooney)
Ó Coileáin (Collins)
Ó Conradh (Conrad
Conrad

Conrad may refer to:...
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Ó Conaráin (Conran
Conran

Conran is a surname and may refer to:* Jasper Conran, fashion designer* Kerry Conran, costume designer* Shirley Conran, writer* Sebastian Conran, designer...
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Ó Cornghaile (Cornally
Cornally

Cornally is an Irish surname with its origins in the Offaly and North Tipperary area of Ireland....
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Ó Cruadhlaoich (Crowley
Crowley

Crowley is a surname originating from Ireland....
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Ó Cuinn (Quinn)
Ó Cuinneagáin/Ó Cuinneacháin/Ó Connacháin/Ó Connagáin (Cunningham)
Ó Dálaigh
Ó Dálaigh

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(Daly/O'Daly/Daley/Daily/Daeley)
Ó Déaghaidh (O'Dea, Day, O'Dee, Dee)
Ó Diomasach (O'Dempsey, Dempsey)
Ó Dochartaigh/Ó Dubhartaigh (Doherty
Doherty

The Doherty Clan is an Irish clan based in County Donegal in the north of the island of Ireland.Like clans in other cultures, Irish clans such as the Dohertys are divided into many sept and regional families....
, Daughtry)
Ó Doinn (O'Dunne/Dunne/Dunn)
Ó Dónaill (O'Donnell
O'Donnell

O'Donnell , which is derived from the forename Domhnaill were an ancient and powerful Ireland clan, kings, princes, and lords of T?r Chonaill in early times, and the chief allies and sometimes rivals of the O'Neills in Ulster....
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Ó Donnagáin (Donegan)
Ó Donnchú, Ó Donncadha (O'Donoghue
O'Donoghue

Donoghue or O'Donoghue is an Irish people surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic ? Donnchadha ?descendant of Donnchadh?, a personal name composed of the elements donn = ?brown-haired man? or ?chieftain? + cath = ?battle?....
, O'Donohue
O'Donohue

O'Donohue is a surname, and may refer to:*Becky O'Donohue , reality television participant*Daniel Anthony O'Donohue , United States Ambassador to Burma...
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Ó Dhuiling (Dowling)
Ó Dubhda (Dowd
Dowd

Dowd is a derivation of an ancient surname which was once common in Ireland but is now quite rare. The name Dowd is an Anglicisation of the original Ui Dubhda, through its more common form O'Dowd....
/O'Dowd
O'Dowd

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Ó Dubhshláine (Delaney, Delany)
Ó Dubhthaigh (Duffy/O'Duffy)
Ó Duillearga (Delargy)
Ó Faoláin (Whelan, Whalen, Phelan)
Ó Faracháin/Ó Farannáin/Ó Forannáin (O'Farnan, Farnan, Farnand, Farnon)
Ó Fathaigh (Fahy, Fahey, Vahey)
Ó Fearadhaigh (Ferry)
Ó Fearghail (O'Farrell)
Ó Flaithbheartaigh (O Flaherty)
Ó Floinn (Flynn)
Ó Fuartháin (Ford, Forde)
Ó Gadhra (O'Gara, Geary)
Ó Gallchobhair (Gallagher)
Ó Gibealain (O'Gibelin, Giblin, Gibson)
Ó/Mac Gormáin
Gorman (surname)

Gorman is an Irish people surname and is the reduced Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Gorm?in and ? Gorm?in "son of Gorm?n". The name is derived from the diminutive of the Gaelic word "gorm" meaning "dark blue", "noble"....
(O'Gorman, Gorman)
Ó Gribín (Gribbin,Gribbon,Gribben)
Ó Glaisne (Giles)
Ó hAinle (Hanly/Hanley, O'Hanley)
Ó hAllmhuráin (O'Halloran/O'Halleron, Halloran, Haloran)
Ó hAnradháin (Hanrahan, O'Hanrahan)
Ó hAodha (Hughes, Hayes)
Ó hAonghusa (Hennessy
Hennessy

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)
Ó hAoláin (Hyland, O'Hyland)
Ó hAthairne (Harney)
Ó hEalaighthe (Healey, Healy, Haley)
Ó hEadhra (O'Hara)
Ó hÉamhthaigh (Heaphy, Heefey, Heafy)
Ó hEidhin (Hynes)
Ó hÉimhín (Evans)
Ó hIcí (Hickey)
Ó hIceadh (Hickey)
Ó hÓgáin (Hogan/O'Hagan)
Ó hÓisín (Hassan
Hassan (surname)

Hassan is an Irish people, Arabic and Hebrew surname. It is spelled either Hasan, Hassan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin, Hacen, Hasen, Hasin, Hass, Hassa, Hasa, Haas, Cassin, Chassan, Chasan, Khassan, Khasan, Cassan, Casan, Hassanein, Hassani, Hasani, Alhassan, Al-Hassan, O'Hassan or Hasaan....
, Hasson, Hassen, Hassin, O'Hassan)
Ó hÓsáin (Hassan
Hassan (surname)

Hassan is an Irish people, Arabic and Hebrew surname. It is spelled either Hasan, Hassan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin, Hacen, Hasen, Hasin, Hass, Hassa, Hasa, Haas, Cassin, Chassan, Chasan, Khassan, Khasan, Cassan, Casan, Hassanein, Hassani, Hasani, Alhassan, Al-Hassan, O'Hassan or Hasaan....
, Hasson, Hassen, Hassin, O'Hassan)
Ó hUallacháin (Houlihan, Holohan, Holland, Mulholland)
Ó hÚbáin (Hoban)
Ó Loingsigh/Mac Loinsigh/(Lynch, Lynchy, Lynskey, Lindsay)
Ó Laochdha (Leahy)
Ó Laoidheach (Lee)
Ó Lapain (Lappin)
Ó Liathain (Lee, Lehane)
Ó Lideadha (Leddy)
Ó Lorcáin (Larkin, Lawrence)
Ó Luinigh (O'Looney, Looney, Loney, Lunney)
Ó Máille (O'Malley
O'Malley

O'Malley may refer to:* O'Malley, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra* O'Malley, A List of characters in Red vs. Blue#O'Malley...
, Melia)
Ó Mathúna/Ó Mathghamhna (O'Mahony, O'Mahoney}
Ó Maoileanaigh (Mullaney, Mullany)
Ó Maoileoin (Malone)
Ó Maoilriáin/Ó Riáin (Ryan)
Ó Maoláin (Mullins, Mullin, Mullen, Moylan, Mullane)
Ó Maolagáin (Milligan, Mulligan)
Ó Maoldomhnaigh (Moloney, Maloney, Muldowney)
Ó Maonaigh (Mooney
Mooney

Mooney is family name, which is probably predominantly derived from the Irish ? Maonaigh. It can also be spelled Moony, Meaney, Mauney, Moon, Money....
, Meaney)
Ó Móráin (Moran
Moran

Moran is a modern Ireland surname and derived from member ship of a medieval dynastic Sept . The name means a descendent of M?r?n, translated as Big One....
)
Ó Mordha/Mac Giolla Mhuire (Moore)
Ó Murchadha, Mac Murchaidh, Ó Muirchú (Murphy)
Ó Muircheartaigh (Moriarty, Murtagh, Murtha)
Ó Muireadhaigh (Murray)
Ó (or De or Mac) Muiris/ Muirgheas (Morris)
Ó Néill (O'Neill
O'Neill

O'Neill may refer to:People* O'Neill - origin and history of the Irish surname; people with the name* Dan O'Neill, radical cartoonist of the 1960s and 1970s who became intentionally involved in lawsuits with Disney....
, O'Neil, O'Neal)
Ó Raghallaigh (O'Riley, O'Reilly)
Ó Rathaille (O'Rahilly)
Ó Ríordáin (O'Riordan, Reardan)
Ó Roideacháin (Redehan, Redican, Rodahan, Redington, Reddington, Reddan)
Ó Ruairc (O'Rourke)
Ó Scannail(Scannell)
Ó Síocháin (Sheehan
Sheehan

People whose surname is or was Sheehan include:*Billy Sheehan, an American rock bassist*Bobby Sheehan, an American rock bassist*Casey Sheehan, an American soldier...
)
Ó Siochfhradha (Shugrue, Sugrue, Sughrue)
Ó Sirideain (Sheridan)
Ó Sheonoin (Jennings)
Ó Slatara (Slattery
Slattery

Slattery is a surname of Ireland origin. The name is a anglicisation of the Gaelic language ? Slatara or ? Slatraigh, from the Irish 'descendant of slatra' meaning 'robust', 'strong', 'bold'....
)
Ó Súilleabháin (O'Sullivan)
Ó Teamhnainn (Tynan)
Ó Tnúthghail (Knowles)
Ó Tuama (Twomey, Toomey)
Ó Tuathaigh (Tuohy,Twohig,Touhy,Towey,Toohy,Toohey)
Ó Tuathail (O'Toole, Toohill, Toal)
Ó Tuathailán (Tolan)
Mac Ádaim (Adams, McAdams)
Mac an Airchinnigh (McInerney
McInerney

The name McInerney is of Irish origin where it is found in the modern Irish form of Mac an Airchinnigh and in the old and literary form of Mac an Oirchinnigh and Mac an Oirchindig....
/Kinnerk/Nerney)
Mac Amhlaidh (McAuley, McAwley, McCauley, McGauley)
Mac an Bháird
Mac an Bhaird

The Mac/Nic an Bh?ird family was one of the learned families of late medieval Ireland. The name has evolved over many centuries, the anglicized forms coming down to us as MacAward, McWard, MacEward, MacEvard, Macanward, M'Ward, and its most commonly used variant today: Ward....
(Ward, MacAward, McWard, MacEward, MacEvard, Macanward, M'Ward)
Mac an Bheatha (McVeigh)
Mac Aodha (Hughes, Hayes, McGee, Magee, McHugh, Mackey)
Mac Aoidh (McKee
McKee

McKee is a surname of Scotland and Ireland origin. The surname is derived from the Gaelic Mac Aodha a patronymic form of an old Gaelic language personal name which means "fire"....
)
Mac Carthaigh (McCarthy
McCarthy

McCarthy may refer to:* McCarthy * McCarthy, Alaska* McCarthy , an indie pop band* McCarthy T?trault, a Canadian law firm* Eugene McCarthy, Democratic United States senator from Minnesota , also competed for the Democratic Party nomination in the United States presidential election, 1968 and the United States presidential election, 197...
, MacCarthy)
Mac Cinnéide (Kennedy)
Mac Conchoille (Woods)
Mac Conmara (McNamara, MacNamara
MacNamara

MacNamara or Macnamara is a surname of Irish origin. It refers to:Persons*Arthur Macnamara , British squire and magistrate*Brinsley MacNamara , Irish writer...
)
Mac Cormaic (McCormack)
Mac Corraidh (McCorry)
Mac Cosgair (Cosgrave, Cosgrove)
Mac Craith (McGrath, Magrath)
Mac Cuinn (Quinn)
Mac Cuarta (McCourt)
Mac Diarmada (McDermott)
Mac Donnchadha (McDonough, McDonogh, McDonagh)
Mac Dubhdara (Darragh)
Mac Gioll (Giles)
Mac Giolla (Gill, McGill, Magill, Page)
Mac Giolla Easpaig (Gillespie)
Mac Gilla Mhartain/Ó Mael Mairthin/Ó Mhairtin/Mac Mairtin (GilMartin, KilMartin, Martin, Martyn)
Mac Giolla Bhríde (McBride)
Mac Giolla Mhuire (Murray, Gilmore, Kilmurray)
Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (Gallery, Gilrea, Kilrea)
Mac Giolla Rua (Gilroy, Kilroy, McIlroy, McElroy)
Mac Muireadhaigh/Ó Muireadhaigh (Murray)
Mac Fhearraigh/Mag Fhearraigh (McGarry, McCarry, Ferry, Farry)
Mac Fhirbhisigh (Forbes)
Mac Giolla Mo Chuda (MacGillacuddy)
Mac Iomháir (McKeever)
Mac Maghnus (McManus)
Mac Mathúna/Mac Mathghamhna (McMahon)
Mac Muiris/ Mac Muirgheas (also Ó Muiris or, rarely, De Muiris) (Morris, Fitzmaurice)
Mac Murchadha Caomhánach (Mac Murrough, Mac Morrow, Mac Murrough Kavanagh, Kavanagh)
Mac Lochlainn/Mac Loughlin/Ó Mael Sechlainn/Ó Mael Sechnaill/ (MacLoughlin)
Mac Piers (MacPierce/Pierce)
Mac Riabhaigh (Mac Reevy, MacReevy, MacReavy, Mac/McCreevy, Mac/McGreevy)
Mas Suibhne (McSweeney, MacSweeney, MacSwiney etc)
Mac Uidhir/Mag Uidhir (Maguire/McGuire)
Mac Thoirealaigh (Curley)
Mac Eochaidh (Keogh/Kehoe)
Ua Maol Dhómhnaigh
Ua Maol Dhómhnaigh

Ua Maol Dh?mhnaigh is an old Irish language surname....
(Downey, Gildowney, Maloney, many others)

Viking
Viking

A Viking is one of the Norsemen explorers, warriors, merchants, and Piracy who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century....
surnames:

Cotter (Mac Oitir - Old Norse Óttarsson, see also MacCottor)
Doyle
Doyle

Doyle is a surname of Ireland origin. The name is a Anglicisation of the Gaelic language ? Dubhghaill, meaning "descendant of Dubhghall"....
(Dubh Gall, Ó Dúill, Ó Dubhghaill)
Finley, Fennelly (Fionn Ghall, Ó Fionnghaille)
Harald (Haraldsson)
Higgins (h-Uiginn, i.e., a Viking, Ó hUiginn)
MacAuliffe/Auley/Cauley (Olsson, Mac Amhlaoibh)
MacCottor (Ottarsson)
MacDougall, McDowell (Mac Dubhghaill)
McGinley, McKinley (Fionn Ghall, Mac Fionnghaille)
MacKitterick (Strigsson)
MacManus (Magnusson, Mac Mánuis)
Wood (Wode, meaning mad; described Beserkers, Mac Giolla Choille)

Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
/Norman language
Norman language

Norman is a Romance languages and one of the Langues d'o?l. The northern Norman can be classified in the septentrional O?l languages with Picard language and Walloon language....
surnames:

Archdecon (le Ercedekne, Mac Óda)
Barry (de Barri, de Barra)
Brett (le Breton or le Bret)
Brown (de Brun, de Brún)
Burke (de Burgh, de Búrca)
Butler (de Buitléir)
Cheevers (la Chieve)
Courcy (de Courcy)
Dalton (de Alton or D'alton)
Darcy (d'Arcy)
Disney (d'Isney)
Dukes (le Duc, de Diúc)
Nagle (de Nagle)
FitzGerald (fils
Fils

Fils can mean*Fils River, a river in Germany*Fils , a subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries*Fils , the French language word for "son"...
de (son of) Gerald, Mac Gearailt)
FitzHenry (fils
Fils

Fils can mean*Fils River, a river in Germany*Fils , a subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries*Fils , the French language word for "son"...
de (son of) Henri, Mac Einrí)
FitzMaurice (fils
Fils

Fils can mean*Fils River, a river in Germany*Fils , a subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries*Fils , the French language word for "son"...
de (son of) Maurice, Mac Muiris)
FitzStephen (fils
Fils

Fils can mean*Fils River, a river in Germany*Fils , a subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries*Fils , the French language word for "son"...
de (son of) Stephen)
Henneberry (de Hionburgha, de Hindenburg)
Hussey (de Hose, Mac Eodhasa)
Jordan (fitz Jordan, Ó Shiúrdáin)
Lacey (de Lacy, de Lása)
Loundon (de Loudon, de Lóndras)
Lynch (de Lench, Ó Loingsigh)
Marren (de Marin)
Martyn
Martyn

Martyn, or Martin is the surname of one of The Tribes of Galway, Ireland....
(fitz Martin)
Moore (de Mórdha)
Morris (de Marisco, de Muiris, Mac Muiris, Ó Muiris)
Prendergast (de Priondargás, Priondargás)
Perry (de Poire)
Plunkett (Blanquet, Pluincéad)
Power (le Poer, de Paor)
Roche (de Roiste)
Sweetman (Suatman)
Tuite (de Tiúit, Mac Con Fhiacla)
Waldron (de Bhaldraithe)
Wall (de Laval, de Bhál)
White/Whyte (de Witt, de Faoite, Mac Giolla Bháin)

Dutch
Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
surnames:

Baldwin (Boudewijn)
Fleming (vlaming, Pleiminn)

Welsh
Welsh language

Welsh ]], is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh Marches and in the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the Chubut Valley in Argentina Patagonia....
surnames:

Barrett (Bairéid, Bar?id)
Caddell (ap Cadel)
Cadogan (ap Cadwgn)
Conway (ap Conwy, Mac Conbhuí, Ó Conbhuí)
Griffin (ap Gruffydd, Ó Gríofa)
Joyce (Sais, Seoige)
Merrick (ap Meruig)
Price (ap Rhys, Rís)
Rerys (ap Rerys)
Taffe (Daffydd)
Walsh (Breathnach)

Cornish
Cornish language

The Cornish language is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages. The language continued to function as a community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century, and there have been attempts to revive the language since the early 20th century....
surnames:

Penrose (ap Rhys)
Trevelyan

Anglo-Saxon
Old English language

Old English is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century....
surnames:

Ayleward (Ailwerd)
Dolphin (Dolfin)
Lawless (laighles)
Penney (Pingin)
Sherlock (Scurlóg)
Skerrett (Huscarl)
Williams (MacLiam)
Whyte (Fwyte)

Gallowglass
Gallowglass

The gallowglass were a mercenary warrior ?lite among Gall-Gaidheal clans residing in the Western Isles of Scotland in the High Middle Ages and Scottish Highlands from the mid 13th century to the end of the 16th century....
surnames:

MacAllister
MacCabe
MacDonnell
MacSweeney
MacCaillein (Campbell)
MacInnes

Normanised Gaelic surnames:

Fitzpatrick (Mac Giolla Phádraig)

Gaelicised Norman-era surnames:

Mac Coisdealbhaigh (son of Josclyn de Nangle); anglicised as Costello.
Mac Fheorais (son of Piers de Bermingham); anglicised as Corish.
Mac Giobúin (son of Gilbert de Burgh); anglicised as Gibbons.
Mac Sheoinín (son of Seán Óg de Burgh); anglicised as Jennings.
Mac Uilic (son of Ulick de Burgh of Umhall); anglicised as Gillick.
Mac Siurtáin (Jordan), patronymic of the d'Exeter family.

Irish name

Epithets

Surnames and prefixes

Traditional Gaeltacht names

Additives

First or given names

Partial list of anglicised surnames

Partial list of Gaelic surnames

Common equivalent forms of Christian names in Irish and English

Irish surnames in Irish and English

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