Healey is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Healey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Family name Healey is the variation of the Haly. See Hailey - A chapelry in Oxfordshire.

The lastname Healey is a variation of Haley. See Hayley - Hailey, a chaplery in county of Oxford.

One who came from Healaugh meaning "high clearing or wood," the name of several places in England; grandson of the skillful or learned man.

Variant of the Haley. Dweller at the way, or passage, leading to the hall.

Healey is variation of Healy. One who came from Healaugh meaning "high clearing or wood," the name of several places in England; grandson of the skillful or learned man.

Surname Healey is variant of Hailey. A chapelry in Oxfordshire.

Lastname is variant form of Hayley. Hailey, a chaplery in county of Oxford.

Places in Yorkshire and elsewhere.

The form of Hely. Hailsham, county of Sussex, is so pronounced, and a gentry family of De Halsham, existed in that county in the XIV. century.

Lastname Healey is a variant of the O'Haly. The family were located in a large tract of the barony of Muskerry, county of Cork, called from them Pobble-O'Haly. The Four Masters record the death in 1309 of Dermod O‘Healey, 'the most eminent of the landed gentry of his time.'.

How popular is Healey?

Despite the fact that the number of Healey bearers increased by 0.42 per cent in 2010 US census to 10370 since 2000, the surname slipped by 259 spots and ranked at 3445. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.78 95.98
Hispanic or Latino 1.81 0.94
Others 1.34 0.95
Black 1.02 1.19
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.73 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0.42

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Martin Healey worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 22 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Liverpool and arrived on March 13, 1846. Maid Cathe. Healey, Workman Stephen Healey, Workman James Healey, Ellen Healey, aged 22, Thomas Healey (24) Tailoress, 24 years old Mrs Healey, John Healey, aged 20, Workman James Healey, and 294 other Healey around 55.88% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and tailoress, spinster, farmers, laborers &, mechanics, clerk, shoemaker, farmer, baker, seamstress, gardner/grower, spinner, servant migrated to US.

From Germany

Michael Healey was 26 years old when he migrated to USA on November 3, 1880. He lived in Germany and took Lord Clive from Liverpool. 16 years old Friedrich Healey, are other Healey that migrated to US.

Healey Namesakes

  • Alfred Healey, British athlete
  • Geoffrey Healey, British automotive engineer, was
  • Patsy Healey, British urban planner
  • Denis Healey, British Labour Party politician
  • Donald Healey, noted English car designer
  • Austin Healey, former English rugby union player
  • Jeff Healey, Canadian jazz and blues-rock vocalist, guitarist
  • Ed Healey, Edward Francis Healey Jr
  • Rich Healey, former professional ice hockey defenceman
  • James C. Healey, lawyer and Democratic Party political figure
  • Adrian Healey, English football commentator, currently working with ESPN and BT Sport with their broadcasts of the Brasileirao, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Major League Soccer
  • Kerry Healey, President of Babson College
  • Nathan Healey, Australian tennis player
  • Nigel Healey, fnu
  • Dorothy Ray Healey, long-time activist in the Communist Party USA
  • Mitch Healey, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
  • Trebor Healey, American poet and novelist
  • Chelsee Healey, English actress
  • Des Healey, Australian rules footballer,
  • Tom Healey, American Major League Baseball player
  • Paul Healey, Canadian retired professional ice hockey winger
  • Anne Healey, American politician
  • Myron Healey, American actor
  • Ron Healey, Irish professional footballer

Healey Namesakes

  • Alfred Healey, British athlete
  • Geoffrey Healey, British automotive engineer, was
  • Patsy Healey, British urban planner
  • Denis Healey, British Labour Party politician
  • Donald Healey, noted English car designer
  • Austin Healey, former English rugby union player
  • Jeff Healey, Canadian jazz and blues-rock vocalist, guitarist
  • Ed Healey, Edward Francis Healey Jr
  • Rich Healey, former professional ice hockey defenceman
  • James C. Healey, lawyer and Democratic Party political figure
  • Adrian Healey, English football commentator, currently working with ESPN and BT Sport with their broadcasts of the Brasileirao, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Major League Soccer
  • Kerry Healey, President of Babson College
  • Nathan Healey, Australian tennis player
  • Nigel Healey, fnu
  • Dorothy Ray Healey, long-time activist in the Communist Party USA
  • Mitch Healey, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
  • Trebor Healey, American poet and novelist
  • Chelsee Healey, English actress
  • Des Healey, Australian rules footballer,
  • Tom Healey, American Major League Baseball player
  • Paul Healey, Canadian retired professional ice hockey winger
  • Anne Healey, American politician
  • Myron Healey, American actor
  • Ron Healey, Irish professional footballer

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