Last name: AHERN
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AHERN : This last name is indexed 50,792 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
AHERN : Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEachthighearna ‘descendant of Eachthighearna’ a personal name meaning ‘lord of horses’ from each ‘horse’ + tighearna ‘master lord’. In Ireland the name is most common in the southwest. Compare Hearn.
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