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Origin and popularity of the name WHOOLEY

Origin

Whooley : 1: Irish (Cork): variant of Wholey. According to MacLysaght this is borne by some O'Driscoll families of Clonakilty County Cork.2: English (Derbyshire Yorkshire and Cheshire): variant of Wholey itself a variant of Howley.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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Geographic distribution of the 100 individuals with the name WHOOLEY on Geneanet.

 

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    (5 individuals)
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    (4 individuals)
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    (3 individuals)

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    Variants of name WHOOLEY

    EWOOLLEY WOOLLEY WOLLEY WOOLEY WOLEY