American Family Name Origins:
O'Doherty
Frequency: (626)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dochartaigh ‘descendant of Dochartach’ (see Doherty).
GIVEN NAMES: Irish 23%. Dermot (3), Liam (3), Eamonn (2), Brendan, Cathal, Donal, Fergal, Fergus, Niall, Paddy.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
