as a Last Name
- 104,626
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Walsh
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Breathnach ‘Briton’. It was used in particular to denote the Welshmen who arrived in Ireland in the wake of Strongbow's Anglo-Norman invasion of 1170.
| 246th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 104,626
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Walsh per capita
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