O'Leary

/oʊ ˈle.ɹi/

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Ó Laoghaire →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun

alternative OLeary · alternative Leary · alternative Learie · alternative O'Lear

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Laoghaire
  2. EnglishO'Leary

From Irish Ó Laoghaire. The town in Prince Edward Island is named after early settler Michael O'Leary.

More words from Irish

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

O'Leary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/O'Leary

MLA

“O'Leary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/O'Leary. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “O'Leary,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/O'Leary.

Source: O'Leary on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.