Hehir

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAichir (“descendant of Aichear”), a byname from aichear (“keen, sharp”).

Proper noun

Hehir (plural Hehirs)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hehir is the 38389^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 577 individuals. Hehir is most common among White (93.93%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hehir”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 153.