English
Mullarkey
Mullarkey comes from Irish Ó Maoilearca ‘descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Earc’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Maoilearca‘descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Earc’
- EnglishtodayMullarkey
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Maoilearca‘descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Earc’
- EnglishtodayMullarkey
The story
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilearca (‘descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Earc’), perhaps a byname from earc (‘newt’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- ‘speckled, coloured’
pork, porcelain, perch, furlong, farrow, furrow, porpoise, porcine, porcini, 11 more
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Ó Maoilearca / Mullarkey