Given name & surname
Fennessey
“descendant of Fionnghus”
Fennessey is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fennessey is a form of Fennessy. Fennessy goes back to Irish Ó Fionnghusa, meaning “descendant of Fionnghus.”
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Where it comes from
Fennessey is a form of Fennessy. Fennessy comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Fennessey’s family of names
In English usage, Fennessey as a surname has a related form in FENNESSY.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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