Etymology

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

Irish Ó Tuama
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Tuama“descendant of Tuaim”
  2. English todayToomey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuama (“descendant of Tuaim”), a personal name apparently derived from tuaim (“burial mound”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.