Haggerty

English

Alternative forms

• Hagarty, Hagerty, Haggarty, Heggarty, Heggerty, Hegarty, Hegerty

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉigceartaigh (“descendant of Éigceartach”), a personal name meaning "unjust".

Proper noun

Haggerty (plural Haggertys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Haggerty is the 3194^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11320 individuals. Haggerty is most common among White (88.72%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haggerty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 112.

Anagrams

• Geraghty