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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Prosperous
  • Hebrew : Healed by God

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (especially Ulster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rabhartaigh or Ó Robhartaigh (often found as Ó Raithbheartaigh) ‘descendant of Rabhartach or Robhartach’, a personal name meaning ‘flood tide’, hence ‘abundance’, ‘prosperity’.

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