Etymology

O'Hurley

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

Irish Ó hUrthuile
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ hUrthuile“descendant of Urthuile”
  2. English todayO'Hurley

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUrthuile (“descendant of Urthuile”), a personal name of obscure origin. Compare Hurley.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.