Given name & surname
Mulvaney
“descendant of the chieftain of the Main river”
Mulvaney is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mulvaney goes back to Irish Ó Maoilmheana, meaning “descendant of the chieftain of the Main river.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó Maoilmheana (“descendant of the chieftain of the Main river”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mulvaney’s family of names
In English usage, Mulvaney as a surname has a related form in MULVANY. In English usage, Mulvaney as a surname has a related form in MULVANY. In English usage, Mulvaney as a surname has a related form in MULVENNA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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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