Healy
English edit
Etymology edit
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉilidhe (“descendant of the claimant”), from éilidhe (“claimant”), or from Irish Ó hÉalaighthe (“descendant of Éaladhach”), a personal name from ealadhach (“ingenious”).
Proper noun edit
Healy (countable and uncountable, plural Healys)
- A surname from Irish.
- A census-designated place, the borough seat of Denali Borough, Alaska, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Lane County, Kansas, United States.
- A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Healy is the 1654th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 21751 individuals. Healy is most common among White (94.32%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Healy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148.