Meaning and Origin of: Conroy

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old German : Brave counsel

Boy name variations

Conrad
Rad
Konrad
Cort
Con
Conrado
Curt
Kurt

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conraoi ‘descendant of Cú Raoi’, a name meaning ‘hound of the plain’, which was stressed on the final syllable.
  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conaire ‘descendant of Conaire’, a byname meaning ‘keeper of the hound’ (an agent derivative of cú ‘hound’).