Given name & surname
Gaffney
“resembling a calf”
Gaffney is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “resembling a calf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “resembling a calf.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
From Irish Ó Gamhna (“descendant of Gamhain”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gaffney’s family of names
Gaffney has a related form in Gaffnea. Gaffney has a related form in Gaffnee. Gaffney has a related form in Gaffnie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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