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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (Mayo) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolruaidh ‘descendant of Maolruadh’, a personal name composed of the elements maol ‘chief’ + ruadh ‘red’, i.e. ‘red-haired chieftain’. This surname has sometimes been changed to Munroe.

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