Etymology

O'Doherty

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

Irish Ó Dochartaigh
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Dochartaigh“descendant of Dochartach”
  2. English todayO'Doherty

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dochartaigh (“descendant of Dochartach”). Compare Doherty.

Words from the same roots

IrishÓ Dochartaigh all →

DohertyDocherty

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.