Etymology

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

Irish Ó Síthigh
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Síthigh“descendant of Sítheach”
  2. English todaySheehy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Síthigh (“descendant of Sítheach”), a byname from sítheach (“peaceful”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.