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- Irish · derived fromÓ Beaglaoich“descendant of Beaglaoch”
- English todayBegley
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beaglaoich (“descendant of Beaglaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements beag (“small”) + laoch (“warrior, hero”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.