The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Flannabhra“descendant of Flannabhra”
- English todayFlannery
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannabhra (“descendant of Flannabhra”), a personal name derived from flann (“blood red”) + abhra (“eyebrow”). The bridge convention was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.