Cagney

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caingnigh (“descendant of Caingneach”), a byname from caingneach (“troublesome”).

Proper noun

Cagney (plural Cagneys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cagney is the 34427^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 658 individuals. Cagney is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cagney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 268.

Anagrams

• agency, gynæc-