Etymology

Mullaney

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

Irish Ó Maoilsheanaigh
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Maoilsheanaigh“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Seanach”
  2. English todayMullaney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilsheanaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Seanach”).

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