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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fiannaidhe ‘descendant of Fiannaidhe’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, ‘champion’ (from fian ‘army’).
  • Irish : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fidhne ‘descendant of Fidhne’, a personal name probably derived from fiodh ‘wood’.

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