Herlihy

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hIarfhlatha (“descendant of Iarfhlaith”), a personal name composed of the elements iarthar (“west”) + flaith (“lord”).

Proper noun

Herlihy (plural Herlihys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Herlihy is the 12188^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2556 individuals. Herlihy is most common among White (95.74%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Herlihy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 168.