Gaffney

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gamhna (“descendant of Gamhain”), a byname from gamhain (“calf”).

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