Etymology

Hallisey

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

Irish Ó hÁilgheasa
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ hÁilgheasa“descendant of Áilgheas”
  2. English todayHallisey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁilgheasa (“descendant of Áilgheas”), a byname from áilgheas (“desire, craving”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.