Surname
O'Doherty
“descendant of Dochartach”
O'Doherty is a surname from Irish.
Original IrishÓ Dochartaigh
Meaning & origin
What it means
O'Doherty goes back to Irish Ó Dochartaigh, meaning “descendant of Dochartach.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, O'Doherty as a surname developed from Ó Dochartaigh.
O'Doherty’s family of names
In English usage, O'Doherty as a surname developed from the Irish form Ó Dochartaigh.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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