English Explanatory Dictionary

Tierney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A female given name.

Word forms

Tierney Tierneys

Etymology

Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Tiarnaigh "descendant of Tiarnach", a diminutive of tiarna (“lord, master”).

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