Surname
O'Donoghue
“descendant of Donnchadh (“Duncan”
O'Donoghue is a surname from Irish.
Original IrishÓ Donnchadha
Meaning & origin
What it means
O'Donoghue goes back to Irish Ó Donnchadha, meaning “descendant of Donnchadh (“Duncan.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, O'Donoghue as a surname developed from Ó Donnchadha.
O'Donoghue’s family of names
In English usage, O'Donoghue as a surname developed from the Irish form Ó Donnchadha. In English usage, O'Donoghue as a surname has a related form in Donohue. In English usage, O'Donoghue as a surname has a related form in O'DONOHUE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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