Dennehy
English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duineachdha (“descendant of Duineachaidh”), a personal name whose first element is duine (“human being”).
Proper noun
Dennehy (plural Dennehys)
- A surname, from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dennehy is the 16544th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1735 individuals. Dennehy is most common among White (95.27%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dennehy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN