Bligh

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proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginOld Norse Blígr ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyg- →
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Meanings

proper nounBligh (plural Blighs)

plural Blighs · alternative Blee

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleyg-
  2. Old NorseBlígr
  3. EnglishBligh

* As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Blighe (“descendant of Blighe”), probably Gaelicized from Old Norse Blígr, from blígja (“to gaze, stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyg-, from *bʰel- (“to shine”). * As a Cornish surname, from bleydh (“wolf”). Compare Blethen. * As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Blythe.

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