Last name: LAFFERTY

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LAFFERTY : This last name is indexed 21,125 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
LAFFERTY : Irish (mainly northern Ireland): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fhlaithbheartaigh or Mac Fhlaithbheartaigh ‘descendant (or ‘son’) of Flaithbheartach’ a personal name composed of the elements flaith ‘prince ruler’ + beartach ‘doer of valiant deeds’. The internal consonant cluster -thbh- of the Irish name is variously realized as f v or h. See also Flaherty.
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