Given name & surname
Mulcahy
“a war chief”
Mulcahy is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a war chief.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a war chief.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
From Irish Ó Maolchathaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Cathach”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mulcahy’s family of names
Mulcahy has a related form in Mulcahea. Mulcahy has a related form in Mulcahee. Mulcahy has a related form in Mulcahey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
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