Given name & surname

Lafferty

Lafferty is a surname from Irish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Lafferty comes from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Irish Ó Laithbhearthaig.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Lafferty’s family of names

In English usage, Lafferty as a surname has a related form in LAVERTY. In English usage, Lafferty as a surname has a related form in LAVERTY.

Walk Lafferty’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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Irish

Lavery

“descendant of Labhraidh”

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86% boys · 14% girls

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Lawry

“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”

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Halferty

“descendant of Ailbeartach”

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Celtic

Flaherty

“bright, shining”

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11% boys · 89% girls

Irish

Faherty

“descendant of Fathartach”

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Haverty

Haverty is a surname.

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Irish

Hagerty

“descendant of Éigceartach”

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Irish

Haggerty

“descendant of Éigceartach”

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Sibling ideas

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