Healy

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉilidhe (“descendant of the claimant”), from éilidhe (“claimant”), or from Irish Ó hÉalaighthe (“descendant of Éaladhach”), a personal name from ealadhach (“ingenious”).

Proper noun

Healy (countable and uncountable, plural Healys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A census-designated place, the borough seat of Denali Borough, Alaska, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Kansas, United States.
4. A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.

Derived terms

• Healyite

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Healy is the 1654^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 21751 individuals. Healy is most common among White (94.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Healy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148.

Anagrams

• Haley, Hayle, Lahey, Leahy