Given name & surname
Fahey
“from the green field”
Fahey is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “from the green field.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “from the green field.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
From Irish Ó Fathaidh (“descendant of Fathadh”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Fahey’s family of names
Fahey has a related form in Fahee. Fahey has a related form in Fahi. Fahey has a related form in Fahie.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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