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Updated May 26, 2021

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form either of Gaelic Ó hÉibhir ‘descendant of Éibhear’ (a personal name of unknown origin) or of Gaelic Ó hÍomhair ‘descendant of Íomhar’, Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal name Ivarr. This surname is no longer found in Ireland.

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