Etymology

Conroy

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Ó Conraoi
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Conaire“descendant of Conaire”
  2. Irish · derived fromÓ Conraoi“descendant of Cú Raoi”
  3. English todayConroy

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conraoi (“descendant of Cú Raoi”). It is also an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaire (“descendant of Conaire”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.