as a Last Name
- 16,297
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Conroy
Meaning & Origins
Irish: 1. Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conraoi ‘descendant of Cú Raoi’, a name meaning ‘hound of the plain’, which was stressed on the final syllable. 2. Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conaire ‘descendant of Conaire’, a byname meaning ‘keeper of the hound’ (an agent derivative of cú ‘hound’).
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,297
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Conroy per capita
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