English Explanatory Dictionary

Gaffney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States.

Word forms

Gaffney Gaffneys Gaffaney Goffney

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gamhna (“descendant of Gamhain”), a byname from gamhain (“calf”).

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