The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ hÉighnigh“descendant of Éighneach”
- English todayHeaney
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉighnigh (“descendant of Éighneach”), or an Anglicized form of Ó hÉanna (“descendant of Éanna”), a personal name of unclear origin, possibly containing the element éan (“bird”). Compare Bird, Heagney.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.