Tunney

name

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Definitions

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  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

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james joseph tunney

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tonnaigh (“descendant of Tonnach”), a personal name derived from tonn (“wave, billow”).

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