Flannery

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Flanary, Flanery

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannabhra (“descendant of Flannabhra”), a personal name derived from flann (“blood red”) + abhra (“eyebrow”). The bridge convention was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery.

Proper noun

Flannery (plural Flannerys)

1. A surname from Irish.
   • 2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 April 2025:

     Another ad features Flannery stealing a “Scranton Margarita,” which the chain will sell for $5 nationwide for one day only on April 7 to celebrate the opening of the Scranton branch.

2. (bridge) A convention using a 2♦ opening bid to show a hand of minimal opening bid strength (11-15 high card points) with exactly four spades and five (or sometimes six) hearts.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Flannery is the 3409^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10497 individuals. Flannery is most common among White (95.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Flannery”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.