Etymograph

English

Flannery

Flannery comes from Irish Ó Flannabhra ‘descendant of Flannabhra’.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Flannabhra‘descendant of Flannabhra’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Flannery

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Flannabhra‘descendant of Flannabhra’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Flannery

Earliest quotation: 2025, Jordan Valinsky, Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celeb: “Another ad features Flannery stealing a “Scranton Margarita,” which…”

A compound of flann ‘blood red’ + abhra ‘eyebrow’

Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- ‘to strike, hit’

Proto-Celtic *wlannos

Middle Irish flann ‘blood-red, crimson’

Irish flann ‘blood red’

Old Irish fabra

Irish fabhra ‘eyebrow’

The story

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannabhra (‘descendant of Flannabhra’), a personal name derived from flann (‘blood red’) + abhra (‘eyebrow’). The bridge convention was invented by American player William (Bill) L.

Every English word from Irish Ó Flannabhra

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Irish Ó Flannabhra / Flannery

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