Etymology

Leahy

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

Irish Ó Laochda
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Laochda“descendant of Laochda”
  2. English todayLeahy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Laochda (“descendant of Laochda”), a personal name derived from laoch (“hero”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.