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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Fhionnachtaigh, a patronymic from the personal name Fionnshneachtach, composed of the elements fionn ‘white’ + sneachtach ‘snowy’.

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