Flaherty Family History
Flaherty Name Meaning
Irish (Connacht): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithbheartaigh ‘descendant of Flaithbheartach’ a personal name meaning ‘generous hospitable’ (from flaith(eamh) ‘prince ruler’ + beartach ‘acting behaving’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022