Given name & surname
Finnerty
“descendant of Fionnachta”
Finnerty is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Finnerty goes back to Irish Ó Fionnachta, meaning “descendant of Fionnachta.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó Fionnachta (“descendant of Fionnachta”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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