as a Last Name
- 17,720
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Flaherty
Meaning & Origins
Irish (Connacht): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithbheartaigh ‘descendant of Flaithbheartach ’, a byname meaning ‘generous’, ‘hospitable’ (from flaith(eamh) ‘prince’, ‘ruler’ + beartach ‘acting’, ‘behaving’).
| 1,744th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,720
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Flaherty per capita
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