Begley

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beaglaoich (“descendant of Beaglaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements beag (“small”) + laoch (“warrior, hero”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɡli/

Proper noun

Begley (plural Begleys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Begley is the 4200^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8435 individuals. Begley is most common among White (93.63%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Begley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126.

Anagrams

• begyle, leg bye