Etymology

Towey

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

Irish Ó Toghdha
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Toghdha“descendant of Toghdha”
  2. English todayTowey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Toghdha (“descendant of Toghdha”), a byname from toghadh (“choice, selection”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.