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devaney Name Meaning and History

  1. Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibheannaigh ‘descendant of Duibheannach’, a personal name of uncertain origin; the first element is dubh ‘black’, the second may be eanach ‘marshy place’. The surname has become confused with Devane.
  2. Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibheamhna, from a personal name based on dubh ‘black’ + the genitive of Eamhain, the Gaelic name of Navan fort, County Armagh, the legendary capital of Ulster.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of devaney Families in the US in 1920
Number of devaney families
 54-105
 19-53		 1-18
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Patrick and Nora (Honora) Devaney ppatster 0
Devaney Ireland Tu2Tu 5
richard devaney richard devaney 5
Martin Devaney - Ballynacarrigy, Ireland redwitch169 6
Devaney roots in Missouri lsturtev1 0
Michael Devaney - Ireland to Missouri Peggy (Knauss) Moore 2
where are you John C.L. Devaney, born 1918? imnoble7 0
John Deveney (Diveney, etc) Shirley Williams 1
Thomas DEVANEY in Boston MA susanclement 2
Michael Devaney b. 1834 Ireland – Sarah Jane of ND, Sister? mission77 2
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