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Surnames from County Kerry

50 surnames on the atlas name County Kerry as a homeland or a place the name was found.

A listing here means the name's sourced entry (Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames (1923); Ireland–Spain relations (Wikipedia)) names Kerry as the family's homeland or where the name was found. It does not mean every bearer lives here or came from here, and many names are listed under more than one county.

Breen Ó Braoin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Braon, 'sadness' or 'sorrow'” Also: Westmeath · Roscommon Brosnan Ó Brosnacháin Gaelic sept · “of Brosna — the river and village in Kerry” Buckley Ó Buachalla Gaelic sept · “descendant of Buachaill, 'the herdsman'” Also: Cork Cahill Ó Cathail Gaelic sept · “descendant of Cathal — cath, 'battle', with either 'rule' or 'great'” Also: Galway · Tipperary Carmody Ó Cearmada Gaelic sept · “descendant of Cearmaid — a very ancient personal name” Also: Clare · Limerick Crean Ó Carráin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Carrán — from carra, a spear” Also: Cork Cronin Ó Cróinín Gaelic sept · “descendant of Crónín, 'little dark-yellow one'” Also: Cork Culloty Ó Codlata Gaelic sept · “descendant of Codladh, 'sleep'” Also: Cork Curran Ó Corráin Gaelic septs (several) · “descendant of Corrán” Also: Donegal · Waterford · Leitrim Curtin Mac Cairteáin Gaelic sept · “a softened form of Mac Cartáin” Also: Cork · Limerick Díaz — (Spanish name; Diaz in English) Spanish — the New Irish · “'son of Diego' — a patronymic from the Visigothic period; El Cid himself was Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, son of Diego” Also: Dublin · Cork Dowling Ó Dúnlaing Gaelic sept · “descendant of Dúnlang” Also: Laois · Cork Downey Ó Duibheanaigh / Ó Maoldomhnaigh Gaelic septs (several) · “descendant of Duibheanach — or, for the second sept, 'devotee of the church'” Also: Galway · Cork Fitzgerald Mac Gearailt Norman dynasty · “fitz Gerald — son of Gerald (of Windsor)” Also: Kildare · Limerick Foley Ó Foghladha Gaelic sept · “descendant of Foghlaidh — 'the plunderer'” Also: Waterford · Cork Galvin Ó Gealbháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Gealbhán, 'bright-white'” Also: Clare · Cork Greaney Ó Gráinne Gaelic sept · “descendant of Gráinne — a woman's name” Also: Galway Griffin Ó Gríobhtha Gaelic sept · “descendant of Gríobhtha, 'griffin-like'” Also: Clare · Limerick Harnett Ó hAirtnéada Gaelic sept · “descendant of Airtnéada, 'battle-bear' or 'battle-stone' — a meaning Woulfe reconstructs rather than finds written” Also: Limerick · Cork Horgan Ó hArgáin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Anradhán, 'warrior, champion'” Also: Cork Kelleher Ó Céileachair Gaelic sept · “descendant of Céileachar, 'companion-loving'” Also: Cork Kirby Ó Ciarmhaic Gaelic sept · “descendant of Ciarmhac, 'dark son'” Also: Limerick Kissane Ó Casáin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Casán — from cas, curly” Also: Galway Lalor Ó Leathlobhair Gaelic sept · “descendant of Leathlobhar” Also: Laois Leahy Ó Laochdha Gaelic sept · “descendant of Laochdha, 'heroic'” Also: Cork · Limerick · Tipperary Linehan Ó Luingeacháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Longachán” Also: Cork · Limerick Lyons Ó Laighin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Laighean, 'lance, spear'” Also: Galway · Kildare McCarthy Mac Cárthaigh Gaelic dynasty · “son of Cárthach, 'loving'” Also: Cork Moriarty Ó Muircheartaigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Muircheartach, 'skilled navigator' — from muir, the sea” Moynihan Ó Muimhneacháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of the Munsterman” Also: Cork Mulvihill Ó Maoilmhichil Gaelic sept · “descendant of the servant of St Michael” Also: Roscommon · Limerick O'Connell Ó Conaill Gaelic sept · “descendant of Conall — a name built from 'hound' and 'valour'” Also: Galway · Derry / Londonderry O'Connor Ó Conchobhair Gaelic dynasty · “descendant of Conchobhar, 'lover of hounds'” Also: Roscommon · Sligo · Offaly O'Donoghue Ó Donnchadha Gaelic dynasty · “descendant of Donnchadh” Also: Cork · Cavan O'Mahony Ó Mathghamhna Gaelic dynasty · “descendant of Mathghamhain, 'bear'” Also: Cork O'Rahilly Ó Raithile Gaelic sept · “descendant of Raithile” Also: Cork · Limerick O'Shea Ó Séaghdha Gaelic sept · “descendant of Séaghdha, 'hawk-like, stately'” Also: Kilkenny O'Sullivan Ó Súilleabháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Súildubhán, 'dark-eyed one'” Also: Cork Quinlan Ó Caoindealbháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Caoindealbhán, 'gracefully shaped'” Also: Meath · Tipperary Rice Rís Norman-Welsh · “from Welsh Rhys” Also: Louth · Down Riordan Ó Ríoghbhardáin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Ríoghbhardán, 'royal little bard'” Also: Cork Scanlon Ó Scannláin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Scannlán — from scannal, 'contention' or 'strife'” Also: Cork · Sligo Shanahan Ó Seanacháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Seanachán, 'the old, wise one'” Also: Clare · Tipperary Sheehan Ó Síodhacháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Síodhach, 'the peaceful'” Also: Limerick · Cork Sheehy Mac Síthigh Scots-gallowglass · “son of Sítheach, 'the peaceful' — or 'the otherworldly'” Also: Limerick · Tipperary Shine Ó Seighin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Seighin, 'wild ox'” Also: Cork · Limerick Stack Stac Norman-English · “uncertain — perhaps 'haystack-built'” Sugrue Ó Siocfhradha Gaelic-Norse · “descendant of Siocfhraidh — the Norse Sigefrith, 'victory-peace'” Sweeney Mac Suibhne Scots-gallowglass · “son of Suibhne, 'well-going'” Also: Donegal · Cork Twomey Ó Tuama Gaelic sept · “descendant of Tuaim — 'burial mound'” Also: Cork

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