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Kearney

in Rhode Island

There are 76 people with the last name "Kearney" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Kearney 1,857
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  1. is 1,853rd most common Destefano
  2. is 1,854th most common Evangelista
  3. is 1,855th most common Genereux
  4. is 1,856th most common Guay
  5. is 1,857th most common Kearney
  6. is 1,858th most common Lepage
  7. is 1,859th most common Mckeon
  8. is 1,860th most common Merritt
  9. is 1,861st most common Miele

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kearns, Kearse, Kear, Kearley, Kearl, Kearby, Kearn, Kearbey, Kearsley, Keary

Most Common First Names for Kearney

Thomas, Elizabeth, Joseph, Matthew, Edward, Francis, James, Janice, Jocelyn

Meaning & History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catharnaigh ‘descendant of Catharnach’, a byname meaning ‘warlike’ or ‘soldier’, and Ó Cearnaigh, from cearnach ‘victorious’. Both surnames were widely distributed and are now very difficult to disentangle.

FOREBEARS Many present-day bearers of this name are descended from Tadhg Ó Catharnaigh, killed in battle in 1084. He was nicknamed An Sionnach ‘the Fox’, and for this reason the surname has sometimes been Anglicized as Fox. Denis Kearney, born in Oakmont, Ireland, in 1847, was a major U.S. labor movement leader.

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