as a Last Name
- 16,113
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Rooney
Meaning & Origins
Irish: 1. reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruanaidh ‘descendant of Ruanadh’, a byname meaning ‘champion’. 2. reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruadháin (see Ruane).
| 1,954th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,113
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Rooney per capita
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