Given name & surname
Mahaffey
“son of Dhuibhshíth”
Mahaffey is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mahaffey goes back to Irish Mac Dhuibhshíthe, meaning “son of Dhuibhshíth.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac Dhuibhshíthe (“son of Dhuibhshíth”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mahaffey’s family of names
In English usage, Mahaffey as a surname has a related form in MAHAFFEE. In English usage, Mahaffey as a surname has a related form in MAHAFFIE. In English usage, Mahaffey as a surname has a related form in MAHAFFY.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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