mooney

M3O1O1N1E1Y4

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Ó Maonaigh →
Less commonScrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

mooney1

adjectivemooney (comparative more mooney, superlative most mooney)

comparative more mooney · superlative most mooney

  1. alternativeAlternative form of moony.
nounmooney (plural mooneys)

plural mooneys

  1. alternativeAlternative form of moony.

Mooney2

proper nounMooney (plural Mooneys)

plural Mooneys · alternative Meaney · alternative Meany · alternative Meeney · alternative Moonie

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Maonaigh“descendant of Maonach”
  2. EnglishMooney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maonaigh (“descendant of Maonach”), a personal name derived from maoineach (“rich, wealthy; precious, beloved”).

More words from Irish

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

mooney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mooney

MLA

“mooney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mooney. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mooney,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mooney.

Source: mooney on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.