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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Lancashire, Cheshire) : unexplained; perhaps of Irish origin, a variant of Kehir, Keher, Munster and Connacht variants of Cahir, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathaoir, from an old Irish personal name.

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