Mulcahy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Pronunciation

/mʌlˈkæhiː/

Word forms

Mulcahy Mulcahys Mulkey

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchathaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Cathach”), a byname from cathachyss (“warlike”).

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