Enright

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ionnrachtaigh (“son of Ionnrachtach”), a byname meaning "attacker"; compare Hanratty.

Proper noun

Enright (plural Enrights)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Enright is the 4951^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7108 individuals. Enright is most common among White (93.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Enright”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 530.

Anagrams

• Ginther, nighter, righten, ringeth, thinger