Meaning and Origin of: Ahern

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Celtic : Lord of the horses

Boy name variations

Ahearn
Ahearne
Aherin
Aherne

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEachthighearna ‘descendant of Eachthighearna’, a personal name meaning ‘lord of horses’, from each ‘horse’ + tighearna ‘master, lord’. In Ireland, the name is most common in the southwest. Compare Hearn.