Given name & surname
Ahern
“descendant of Eachthighearna”
Ahern is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ahern goes back to Irish Ó hEachthighearna, meaning “descendant of Eachthighearna.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó hEachthighearna (“descendant of Eachthighearna”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ahern’s family of names
In English usage, Ahern as a surname has a related form in Ahearn. In English usage, Ahern as a surname has a related form in Ahearn. In English usage, Ahern as a surname has a related form in Aherne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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