Etymology

Hanratty

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

Irish Ó hInreachtaigh
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ hInreachtaigh“descendant of Ionnrachtach”
  2. English todayHanratty

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hInreachtaigh (“descendant of Ionnrachtach”), a byname meaning "attacker".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.