Irish (especially County Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hAirtnéada ‘descendant of Airtnéad’, a
personal name of uncertain origin. The first syllable is probably from
Art ‘bear’, ‘hero’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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