Given name & surname
Kelleher
“a loving husband”
Kelleher is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a loving husband.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a loving husband.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
From Irish Ó Céileachair (“descendant of Céileachar”), from Old Irish céile, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (“follower, devotee”), from Proto-Celtic *keiliyos, from Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos, *-eh₂ḱos.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kelleher’s family of names
Kelleher has a related form in Kelehar. Kelleher has a related form in Keleher. Kelleher has a related form in Kelehir.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kelleghervariant · English
- Kellihervariant · English
- Kelehyrvariant
- Kellehyrvariant
- Kelehirvariant
- Kellehirvariant
- Keleharvariant
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