Given name & surname · also Irish
O'rourke
“descendant of Ruarc”
O'Rourke is a surname from Irish (ultimately Old Norse).
Meaning & origin
What it means
O'Rourke goes back to Irish Ó Ruairc, meaning “descendant of Ruarc.”
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Where it comes from
O'Rourke comes from Irish, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
O'rourke’s family of names
In English usage, O'rourke as a surname has a related form in Rourke. In English usage, O'rourke as a surname has a related form in O'Rourk. In English usage, O'rourke as a surname has a related form in Rork.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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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