as a Last Name
- 57,923
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Foley
Meaning & Origins
Irish: 1. (southern) reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Foghladha ‘descendant of Foghlaidh ’, a byname meaning ‘pirate’, ‘marauder’. 2. (northern) Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Searraigh(see Mcsharry), chosen because of its phonetic approximation to English foal.
| 576th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 57,923
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Foley per capita
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