Delaney

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From a Norman baronial surname, from a place in France, Old French del aunaie (from the alder grove). In Ireland an anglicization of Irish Ó Dubhshláine (descendant of Black (dubh) + Challenge (slán)).

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Delaney

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  3. A male given name.
  4. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.

Quotations[edit]

  • 1945, Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie, Scene V:
    TOM. James D. O'Connor. The D. is for Delaney.
    AMANDA. Irish on both sides! Gracious! And doesn't drink?