Etymology

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

Irish Ó hAilbheartaigh
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ hAilbheartaigh“descendant of Ailbeartach”
  2. English todayHalferty

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilbheartaigh (“descendant of Ailbeartach”), a personal probably derived from ilbeartach (“accomplished”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.