Etymology

Faherty

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

Irish Ó Fatharthaig
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Fatharthaig“descendant of Fathartach”
  2. English todayFaherty

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fatharthaig (“descendant of Fathartach”), a personal name ultimately derived from foghar (“sound”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.