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dennehy

/dˈɛnɪhi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
den-nehy
IPA
/dˈɛnɪhi/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duineachdha (“descendant of Duineachaidh”), a personal name whose first element is duine (“human being”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Duineachdha

Inflected Forms

Dennehys (plural) Danahy (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce dennehy?
The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɛnɪhi/.
What does dennehy mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does dennehy come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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