as a Last Name
- 8,164
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ahern
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEachthighearna ‘descendant of Eachthighearna’, a personal name meaning ‘lord of horses’, from each ‘horse’ + tighearna ‘master, lord’. In Ireland, the name is most common in the southwest. Compare Hearn.
| 3,769th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,164
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Ahern per capita
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