Etymology

Tunney

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

Irish Ó Tonnaigh
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Tonnaigh“descendant of Tonnach”
  2. English todayTunney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tonnaigh (“descendant of Tonnach”), a personal name derived from tonn (“wave, billow”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.