Frequency: (384)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luachra ‘descendant of Luachra’, a personal name derived from luachair ‘light’. The name is often translated, Rush from a Gaelic homonym, luachair meaning ‘rush’.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
