Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

o'hurley

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: o'hur-ley
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUrthuile (“descendant of Urthuile”), a personal name of obscure origin. Compare Hurley.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Ó hUrthuile

Inflected Forms

O'Hurleys (plural)

Questions

What does o'hurley mean?: A surname from Irish.
Where does o'hurley come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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