as a Last Name
- 12,237
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Looney
Meaning & Origins
Irish (Munster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luanaigh ‘descendant of Luanach’, a personal name derived from luan ‘warrior’. Compare Lane 3 and Lamb 3. Woulfe distinguishes the Munster name Ó Luanaigh from the Ulster name Ó Luinigh, whence Lunney.However, many of the Anglicizations are the same.
| 2,549th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,237
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Looney per capita
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