Origin and popularity of the name GALLAGHER
Origin
Gallagher : Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gallchobhair ‘descendant of Gallchobhar’ a personal name based on gall ‘foreign’ + cabhair ‘support’.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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