Etymology

Keaney

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

Irish Ó Cianagh
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Cianagh“descendant of Cianach”
  2. English todayKeaney

Possibly an Americanized form of Irish Ó Cianagh (“descendant of Cianach”), a byname from cian (“distant, long”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.