Etymology

Haggerty

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

Irish Ó hÉigceartaigh
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ hÉigceartaigh“descendant of Éigceartach”
  2. English todayHaggerty

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉigceartaigh (“descendant of Éigceartach”), a personal name meaning "unjust".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.