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O%27shaughnessy Name Meaning

Irish (County Galway): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Seachnasaigh ‘descendant of Seachnasach’, a personal name of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from seachnach ‘elusive’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Haughney, Shaughnessy, O'mahoney, Haughey, Haughn, O'flaherty

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