Dunleavy

English

Alternative forms

• Dunlavey, Dunlavy, Dunlevy

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Duinnshléibhe (“son of Donn Sléibhe”), a personal name composed of the elements donn (“brown”) and sléibhe, genitive form of sliabh (“mountain”).

Proper noun

Dunleavy (plural Dunleavys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dunleavy is the 12351^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2517 individuals. Dunleavy is most common among White (95.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dunleavy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.

Anagrams

• Dunlavey