The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Caingnigh“descendant of Caingneach”
- English todayCagney
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caingnigh (“descendant of Caingneach”), a byname from caingneach (“troublesome”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cagney
Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →
Irish Ó Caingnigh