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O'HARA
SOURCE: Given Name
USAGE: Irish
Meaning & History
From the Irish Ó Heaghra, which means "the descendent of Eaghra", Ehra being a given name of uncertain origin. Eaghra was the lord of Luighne in County Sligo and died in 926. A famous bearer of this surname is Scarlett O'Hara, a fictional character in Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone With The Wind'.
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