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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Moithide ‘descendant of Moithide’, of unexplained origin. MacLysaght notes that this is a rare name in Ireland, found in the counties of Longford, Roscommon, and Westmeath.

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