Etymology

Cooney

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

Irish Ó Cuana
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Cuana“descendant of Cuana”
  2. English todayCooney

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuana (“descendant of Cuana”), a personal name either derived from cú (“hound”) or cuanna (“elegant, comely”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.