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This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is Irish; and the first letter is N.
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Nally Irish
Variant of MacNally
Naughten Irish
Reduced form of McNaughton.
Naughton Irish
Reduced form of McNaughton.
Neale English, Scottish, Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish variant of Neal.
Neary Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic O Naradhaigh "descendant of Naradhach" a byname meaning "modest".
Nee Irish, Scottish
reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Niadh ("descendant of Nia") or Ó Niadh ("son of Nia"). Compare McNee.
Neeley Irish
Reduced form of Mcneely.
Neeson Irish (Anglicized)
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Naois "son of Naois", usually Anglicized as Mcneese. Surname made famous by the actor Liam Neeson.
Neill Irish, Scottish
Reduced form of Irish Gaelic Ó Néill or Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill ‘descendant (or son) of Niall’, a personal name of Irish origin, thought to mean ‘champion’. The personal name was adopted by Norsemen in the form Njáll and was brought to England both directly from Ireland by Scandinavian settlers and indirectly (via France) by the Normans... [more]
Nesbitt English, Scottish, Irish
Habitational name from any of the places in England, Scotland and Ireland called Nesbitt or similar, all derived from Old English nes "headland, promontory" and bita "bit, fragment, morsel" or byht "bight, bend, angle"... [more]
Nestor Irish
Derived from the surname Mac Girr an Adhastair (sometimes shortened to Mac an Aghastair), meaning "Short man of the halter." The Mac Girr an Adhastair were associated with the local lords, the Ó Lochlainn family.
Nett Irish
Variant of McNett.
Netterville Irish
Of Anglo-Norman origin, probably a habitational name from an unidentified place in France.
Nevins Irish
Variant of Nevin 2.
Newlin English, Irish
An Irish surname meaning "By the the spring"
Ní Bhriain f Irish
Feminine form of Ó Briain.
Ní Dhuibhne f Irish
Feminine form of the surname Ó Duibhne or Ua Duibhne.
Nocton Irish (Americanized)
Americanized form of the patronymic form of Naughton, further related to Ó Neachtain, meaning "(descendant) of Nechtan" and coming from the Uí Néill clan of Ireland... [more]
Noland Irish, French
Irish: variant of Nolan.... [more]
Noonan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nuanáin (from Irish Gaelic Ó hIonmhaineáin) meaning "descendant of Ionmhaineán", a diminutive of the given name Ionmhain "beloved, dear". ... [more]
Noone Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nuadháin "descendant of Nuadhán" (see Nuadha).
Nugent English, Irish, French
An English, Irish (of Norman origin) and French habitational surname derived from any of several places in northern France (such as Nogent-sur-Oise), From Latin novientum and apparently an altered form of a Gaulish name meaning "new settlement".