Fennessy

English

Alternative forms

• Fennessey

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnghusa (“descendant of Fionnghus”), a personal name based on fionn (“fair, white”) + gus (“vigor, force”).

Proper noun

Fennessy (plural Fennessys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fennessy is the 26229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 932 individuals. Fennessy is most common among White (93.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fennessy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.