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Scally

Updated: April 16, 2025
Updated: April 16, 2025

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (counties Roscommon and Westmeath) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Scalaidhe (Midlands Ó Scalaidhe), a patronymic probably from a variant of Gaelic scolaidhe ‘scholar’ (see Scully).

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