Given name & surname
Doheny
“descendant of Dubhconna”
Doheny is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Doheny goes back to Irish Ó Dubhconna, meaning “descendant of Dubhconna.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Doheny as a surname developed from Colmán.
Doheny’s family of names
In English usage, Doheny as a surname developed from Colmán.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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