Given name & surname
Gainey
“son of Géibheannach”
Gainey is a surname from Irish.
Original IrishMac Géibheannaigh
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gainey goes back to Irish Mac Géibheannaigh, meaning “son of Géibheannach.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Gainey as a surname developed from Mac Géibheannaigh.
Gainey’s family of names
In English usage, Gainey as a surname developed from the Irish form Mac Géibheannaigh.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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