English Explanatory Dictionary

Fennessy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Fennessy Fennessys Fennessey

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnghusa (“descendant of Fionnghus”), a personal name based on fionn (“fair, white”) + gus (“vigor, force”).

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