Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

o'riordan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
o'ri-or-dan
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Ó Ríoghbhárdáin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Ríoghbhárdáin

Inflected Forms

Questions

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

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