English
Foley
Foley comes from Irish Ó Foghladha ‘descendant of Foghlaidh’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Foghladha‘descendant of Foghlaidh’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023Foley
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Foghladha‘descendant of Foghlaidh’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023Foley
Earliest quotation: 2023, California’s flooding, in pictures: “Melissa Foley clears debris in her neighborhood as the…”
The story
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Foghladha (‘descendant of Foghlaidh’), a byname from foghlaí (‘plunderer, pillager, marauder, robber’).
Every English word from Irish Ó Foghladha
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Ó Foghladha / Foley