The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Rabhartaigh“descendants of Rabhartach”
- English todayRafferty
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rabhartaigh (“descendants of Rabhartach”), a personal name derived from rabharta (“flood, tide”).
Words from the same roots
IrishÓ Rabhartaigh all →
O'Rafferty
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.