Given name & surname
Flannery
“from the flatlands”
Flannery is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “from the flatlands.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the flatlands.”
Where it comes from
Flannery is a variant of Flann. An origin associated with Flann is Irish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Irish Ó Flannabhra (“descendant of Flannabhra”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Flannery through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 580
- 0 boys · 580 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,773 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,773 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 33.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 594 as a first name in 2020; 10,346 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Flannery’s family of names
Flannery has a related form in Flann. Flannery has a related form in Flannaree. Flannery has a related form in Flannerea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Flanaryvariant · English
- Flaneryvariant · English
- Flannereahvariant
- Flannereavariant
- Flannareevariant
- Flannereyvariant
- Flannerievariant
- Flannerivariant
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