as a Last Name
- 4,820
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Moynihan
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muimhneacháin ‘descendant of Muimhneachán’, a diminutive of the byname Muimhneach ‘Munsterman’, i.e. someone belonging to the province of Munster. (In County Mayo this surname has sometimes been changed to Munster.)
| 7,029th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,820
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Moynihan per capita
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