Cahill

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Ireland/ˈkɑːhɪl/UK/ˈkeɪhɪl/

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Ó Cathail →
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Meanings

proper nounCahill (plural Cahills)

plural Cahills · alternative Cohill

  1. A surname from Irish.

    PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, were killed. So were all five people in the Passat: Michael Cahill, 23, Jakub Matusiak, 23, Makai Saddington, 18, Theo Rae and Cole Worthy, both 17.

    2026 September 4, Ed Thomas, Rebecca Wearn, “'I'd rather die than ring the police': Distrust and fear in Middlesbrough after A66 crash”, in BBC News, retrieved 04 Sep 2026

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Cathail
  2. EnglishCahill

Anglicized from Irish Ó Cathail.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Cahill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cahill

MLA

“Cahill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cahill. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cahill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cahill.

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