English Explanatory Dictionary

Heaney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Heaney Heaneys Hainey Heeney

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉighnigh (“descendant of Éighneach”), or an Anglicized form of Ó hÉanna (“descendant of Éanna”), a personal name of unclear origin, possibly containing the element éan (“bird”). Compare Bird, Heagney.

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