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