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Ó Ceallaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Kelly 1.

Ó Cearmada Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Carmody.

Ó Ceithearnaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Kearney.

Ó Ciardha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Carey.

Ó Cinnéidigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Kennedy.

Ó Cnáimhín Irish
Means "descendant of Cnámh", Cnámh being a nickname meaning "bone".

Ó Cochláin Irish
Means "descendant of Cochlán", where the given name Cochlán is derived from Irish cochal "cape" or "hood". This surname originated in County Cork, Ireland.

Ó Coigligh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quigley.

Ó Coileáin Irish
Means "descendant of Coileán" in Irish.

Ó Comhraidhe Irish
Means "descendant of Comhraidhe", in which the given name Comhraidhe is of unknown meaning.

Ó Conaill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Connell.

Ó Conaire Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Conroy.

Ó Conchobhair Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Connor.

Ó Conghalaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Connolly.

O'Connell Irish
Variant of Connell.

O'Connor Irish
From Irish Ó Conchobhair meaning "descendant of Conchobar".

Ó Corcráin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Corcoran.

Ó Corra Irish
Means "descendant of Corra" in Irish. The given name Corra means "spear".

Ó Corraidhín Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Curran.

Ó Cruadhlaoich Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Crowley 1.

Ó Cuaig Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quigg.

Ó Cuana Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Cooney.

Ó Cuidighthigh Irish
Means "descendant of Cuidightheach" in Irish.

Ó Cuilinn Irish
Means "descendant of Cuileann", Cuileann being a nickname meaning "holly".

Ó Cuinn Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quinn.

Ó Cuinneagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Cunningham 2.

Ó Cuirc Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quirke.

Ó Dálaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Daly.

Ó Damháin Irish
Means "descendant of Damhán".

Ó Deoradháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Doran.

Ó Díomasaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Dempsey.

Ó Dochartaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Doherty.

Ó Doibhilin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Devlin.

Ó Doirnáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Durnin.

Ó Domhnaill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Donnell.

Ó Donnchadha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donoghue.

Ó Donndubháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donovan.

O'Donnell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Domhnaill meaning "descendant of Domhnall".

Ó Donnghaile Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donnelly.

O'Doyle Irish
Variant of Doyle.

Ó Dubháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Duane.

Ó Dubhghaill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Doyle.

Ó Dubhshláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Dolan.

Ó Dubhshláine Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Delaney 2.

Ó Dubhthaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Duffy 1.

Ó Duibh Irish
Means "descendant of Dubh", Dubh being a byname meaning "dark".

Ó Fallamháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Fallon.

Ó Faoláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Whelan.

Ó Fearghail Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Farrell.

Ó Fionnagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Finnegan.

Ó Fionnáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Fannon.

Ó Flannagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Flanagan.

Ó Flannghaile Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Flannery.

Ó Floinn Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Flynn.

Ó Foghladha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Foley.

Ó Frighil Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Friel.

Ó Gallchobhair Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Gallagher.

Ó Gormáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Gorman 2.

O'Gorman Irish
Variant of Gorman 2.

Ó Gráda Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Grady.

Ó hAllmhuráin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Halloran.

O'Hanegan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

O'Hanigan Irish
Variant of O'Hannigain.

O'Hannagain Irish
From Irish Ó hAnnagáin, which means "descendant of Annagán". The given name Annagán was a diminutive of Annadh meaning "delay".

Ó hAnnagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Hannagain.

O'Hannagan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

O'Hannegan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

O'Hannigain Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

O'Hannigan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Ó hAodha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hayes 2.

Ó hAonghuis Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hennessy.

O'Hara Irish
From the Irish Ó hEaghra, which means "descendant of Eaghra", Eaghra being a given name of uncertain origin. Supposedly, the founder of the clan was Eaghra, a 10th-century lord of Luighne. A famous fictional bearer of this surname is Scarlett O'Hara, a character in Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind (1936).

Ó hEachthighearna Irish
Means "descendant of Echthigern" in Irish.

Ó hEaghra Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Hara.

O'Hearn Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Ó hÉideáin Irish
Means "descendant of Éideán" in Irish. The given name Éideán is a diminutive of éideadh meaning "clothes, armour".

Ó hEidhin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hines.

Ó hÉidín Irish
Means "descendant of Éidín" in Irish. The given name Éidín is a diminutive of éideadh meaning "clothes, armour".

Ó hIfearnáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Heffernan.

Ó hÓgáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hogan.

Ó hUiginn Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Higgins.

O'Kane Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Catháin.

O'Keefe Irish
Variant of Keefe.

Ó Laoghaire Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Leary.

Ó Leannáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Lennon.

O'Leary Irish
From Irish Ó Laoghaire meaning "descendant of Laoghaire".

Ó Loingsigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Lynch.

Ó Luain Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Lane 3.

Ó Madaidhín Irish
Means "descendant of Madaihín", a given name derived from Irish madadh meaning "dog, mastiff".

Ó Mainnín Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Manning 2.

Ó Manacháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Monahan.

Ó Maoil Eoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Malone.

Ó Maoil Riain Irish
Means "descendant of a follower of Rian", derived from Irish maol meaning "follower".

Ó Maoilsheachlainn Irish
Means "descendant of Maolsheachlann" in Irish.

Ó Maolagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Milligan.

Ó Maoláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Mullen.

Ó Maol Aodha Irish
Means "descendant of a follower of Saint Aodh". It is derived from Irish maol meaning "follower, servant".

Ó Maolmhuaidh Irish
Means "descendant of Maolmhuadh", Maolmhuadh being a given name meaning "proud chief", derived from Gaelic maol meaning "chief" and muadh meaning "proud, noble".

Ó Maonaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Mooney.

Ó Marcaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Markey.

Ó Mathghamhna Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Mahoney.

Ó Meadhra Irish
Means "descendant of Meadhra". The given name Meadhra is derived from the Gaelic meadhar meaning "merry, happy".

Ó Meara Irish
Variant of Ó Meadhra.

Ó Mocháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Mohan.

O'Mooney Irish
From the Irish Ó Maonaigh meaning "descendant of Maonaigh". The given name Maonaigh means "wealthy".

Ó Móráin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Moran.

Ó Muircheartach Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Moriarty.

Ó Muireadhaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Murray 2.

Ó Murchadha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Murphy.

O'Neal Irish
From Irish Ó Néill meaning "descendant of Neil".

O'Neill Irish
Variant of O'Neal.

Ó Néill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Neal.

O'Niall Irish
Variant of O'Neal.

Ó Nualláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Nolan.

Ó Proinntigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Prunty.

Ó Rabhartaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Rafferty.

Ó Raghailligh Irish
Means "descendant of Raghailligh", an Irish given name of unknown meaning.

O'Reilly Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Raghailligh.

Ó Riagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Reagan.

Ó Riain Irish
Means "descendant of Rian".

Ó Rinn Irish
Means "descendant of Rinn". The given name Rinn means "star" in Irish.

Ó Ríoghbhárdáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Riordan.

Orman Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.

Ormond Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.

Ormonde Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.

Ó Rodagh Irish
Means "descendant of Rodach" in Irish. The given name Rodach is derived from from Irish rod meaning "spirited, furious".

Ó Ruadháin Irish
Means "descendant of Ruadhán" in Irish.

Ó Ruaidh Irish
Means "descendant of Ruadh" in Irish.

Ó Seachnasaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Seachnasach". The given name Seachnasach possibly means "elusive" in Irish.

Ó Séaghdha Irish
Means "descendant of Séaghdha".

Ó Seanáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Shannon.

Ó Seighin Irish
Means "descendant of Seighin". The given name Seighin means "small hawk" from Old Irish séigene.

O'Shaughnessy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Seachnasaigh.

O'Shea Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Séaghdha.

Ó Síoda Irish
Means "descendant of Síoda", a byname meaning "silk" in Irish.

Ó Sirideáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Sheridan.

Ó Sluaghadháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Sloan.

Ó Suaird Irish
Means "descendant of Suart" in Irish. Suart is derived from the Old Norse name Sigurd.

Ó Súileabháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Sullivan.

O'Sullivan Irish
Variant of Sullivan.

Ó Tadhgáin Irish (Rare)
Irish Gaelic form of Teagan.

Ó Taidhg Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Teague 1.

Ó Téacháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Teahan.

Ó Tíghearnaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Tierney.

O'Toole Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuathail meaning "descendant of Túathal".

Ó Treasaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Tracey 2.

Ó Tuathail Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Toole.

Prunty Irish
From Irish Ó Proinntigh meaning "descendant of Proinnteach", a given name probably derived from Irish bronntach meaning "generous".

Quickley 2 Irish
Variant of Quigley.

Quigg Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuaig meaning "descendant of Cuaig", a given name of unknown meaning.

Quigley Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh meaning "descendant of Coigleach", a given name meaning "untidy".

Quinlan Irish
From Irish Ó Caoindealbháin, which means "descendant of Caoindealbhán", a given name meaning "handsome form" (using a diminutive suffix).

Quinn Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuinn meaning "descendant of Conn".

Quirk Irish
Variant of Quirke.

Quirke Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuirc meaning "descendant of Corc", a given name meaning "heart".

Rafferty Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rabhartaigh meaning "descendant of Rabhartach". The given name Rabhartach means "flood tide".

Ready 3 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Rodagh.

Reagan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Riagáin meaning "descendant of Riagán". A famous bearer was the American president Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).

Reardon Irish
Variant of Riordan.

Regan Irish
Variant of Reagan.

Reilly Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Raghailligh.

Riley 2 Irish
Variant of Reilly.

Rinne 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Rinn.

Riordan Irish
From Irish Ó Ríoghbhárdáin meaning "descendant of Rígbarddán".

Rowan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin.

Ruane Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin.

Ryan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Riain, or else a simplified form of Mulryan.

Seward 3 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Suaird.

Shannon Irish
From Irish Ó Seanáin meaning "descendant of Seanán".

Shaughnessy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Seachnasaigh.

Shea Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Séaghdha.

Sheedy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Síoda.

Sheehy Irish
Variant of McSheehy.

Sheenan Irish
Variant of Shannon.

Sheridan Irish
From the Irish name Ó Sirideáin meaning "descendant of Sirideán". The given name Sirideán possibly means "searcher".

Shine 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Seighin.

Sloan Irish
From Irish Ó Sluaghadháin meaning "descendant of Sluaghadhán".

Sloane Irish
Variant of Sloan.

Sowards English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Seward 1 or Seward 3.

Sullivan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Súileabháin meaning "descendant of Súileabhán". The name Súileabhán means "dark eye".

Sweeney Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Suibhne.

Teagan Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tadhgáin meaning "descendant of Tadhgán".

Teague 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Taidhg meaning "descendant of Tadhg".

Teahan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Téacháin meaning "descendant of Téachán". The given name Téachán possibly means "fugitive".

Tierney Irish
From Irish Ó Tíghearnaigh meaning "descendant of Tighearnach".

Tighe Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Taidhg.

Toole Irish
Variant of O'Toole.

Tracey 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Treasaigh meaning "descendant of Treasach".

Tracy English, Irish
Variant of Tracey 1 or Tracey 2.

Treacy Irish
Variant of Tracey 2.

Vincent 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhuibhinse meaning "son of Duibhinse", a given name meaning "black island".

Whalen Irish
Variant of Whelan.

Whelan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin meaning "descendant of Faolán".

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