Last name: LEAHY
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LEAHY : This last name is indexed 65,154 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
LEAHY : Irish: from Ó Laochdha ‘descendant of Laochdha’ a personal name based on laoch ‘hero’. The Anglicized form Lahey was also used for Ó Fhlaithimh (see Laffey) which could be so pronounced. Compare Lahaie and Lahaye.
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