Given name & surname
Doherty
“one who is harmful”
Doherty is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “one who is harmful.”
Original IrishÓ Dochartaigh
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “one who is harmful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
In English usage, Doherty as a surname developed from Ó Dochartaigh.
Doherty’s family of names
In English usage, Doherty as a surname developed from the Irish form Ó Dochartaigh. Doherty has a related form in Dohertea. Doherty has a related form in Dohertee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 18
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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