Shinnick Family History
Shinnick Name Meaning
Irish (Cork):: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Seanaigh ‘descendant of Seanach’ from a personal name meaning ‘old wise’. In Connacht the name was understood as Ó Sionnaigh ‘descendant of the fox’ and consequently Anglicized as Fox . Compare Tinney . possibly shortened and altered from Mac Seanchaidhe ‘son of the historian’ a name otherwise Anglicized as Shanaghy.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022