Given name & surname
Mulvany
“descendant of the chieftain of the Main river”
Mulvany is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mulvany is a form of Mulvaney. Mulvaney goes back to Irish Ó Maoilmheana, meaning “descendant of the chieftain of the Main river.”
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Where it comes from
Mulvany is a form of Mulvaney. Mulvaney comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mulvany’s family of names
In English usage, Mulvany as a surname has a related form in MULVANEY.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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