English Explanatory Dictionary

Heffernan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Heffernan Heffernans

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hIfearnáin (“descendant of Ifearnán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of ifreannach (“demon”), from ifreann (“hell”).

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