The athy Surname
athy Name Meaning and History
- Irish: one of the very few Irish surnames derived from a place name, namely Athy in county Kildare, Gaelic Áth í ‘ford of the yew tree’. This was adopted by Norman settlers in Ireland in the form de Athy, which was re-Gaelicized as Ataoi and borne by one of the ‘tribes of Galway’, who first settled in Co. Kildare about 1300.
- English: variant spelling of Athey.
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| Edmond Joseph Phillip Lynch Athy-b.1859 Galway |
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| Death of William H. Athy ~ born Leon, Decatur County, Iowa |
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