as a Last Name
- 7,637
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Gainey
Meaning & Origins
Irish (mainly Connacht): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Geigheannaigh ‘descendant of Géibheannach’ or Mac Géibheannaigh ‘son of Géibheannach’, a byname meaning ‘fettered’.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,637
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Gainey per capita
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