The looney Surname
looney Name Meaning and History
Irish (Munster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Luanaigh ‘descendant of Luanach’, a personal name derived
from luan ‘warrior’. Compare Lane 3 and Lamb
3. Woulfe distinguishes the Munster name Ó Luanaigh from the
Ulster name Ó Luinigh, whence Lunney. However, many
of the Anglicizations are the same.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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