Lahey Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Arms linked to Leahy and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Lahey

Many Lahey families will find their roots under Leahy, the form most records use. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Descendant of Laochdha ("heroic")”.

A variant of Leahy

Before spelling was fixed, Leahy was also written Lahey. Other spellings include Leahey and O'Leahy.

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