The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Gnímh“descendant of Gníomh”
- English todayAgnew
Two possible origins: * Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Agneaux, in Normandy. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gnímh (“descendant of Gníomh”), a byname from gníomh (“action, deed, act”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.