Healy is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Healy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

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

The is form of Healey. Places in Yorkshire and elsewhere.

The is the form of Haly. See Hailey - A chapelry in Oxfordshire.

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

The lastname Healy is the variant form of Hailey. A chapelry in Oxfordshire.

Lastname is a form of the Haley. Dweller at the way, or passage, leading to the hall.

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

Family name Healy is variant of Hayley. Hailey, a chaplery in county of Oxford.

Form 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 Healy?

Despite the fact that the number of Healy bearers increased by 1.61 per cent in 2010 US census to 21751 since 2000, the surname slipped by 114 spots and ranked at 1654. The last name was found in around 7 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.32 95.06
Hispanic or Latino 2.17 1.46
Others 1.32 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.8 0.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.74 0.71
Black 0.67 1.21

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Delia Healy worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ottowa and arrived on May 12, 1846. George Healy, aged 33, Jas. Healy (20) Workman, Workman William Healy, Bridget Healy (22) Maid, Thomas Healy, aged 30, 12 years old Bridget Healy, 20 years old James Healy, Workman Edward Healy, and 690 other Healy around 48.42% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster, matron, stone mason, tailoress, baker, house keeper, mechanic, gardner/grower, longshoreman or quay man/wharf worker/longshoreman or stevedore or wharf/quay worker migrated to US from London, Liverpool and Galway.

From Germany

23 years old laborer John Healy who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on August 8, 1853 by Saud Appleton put out from London. 24 years old Margt. Healy, 32 years old Lorenzo Healy, G.S. Healy (42) Horse dealer, U Healy (31), are others that migrated to US.

Healy Namesakes

  • Randolph Healy, Irish poet and publisher
  • Frank Healy, former Napalm Death guitarist
  • Howard R. Healy, officer of the United States Navy
  • Eamonn Healy, professor of chemistry, organic chemistry
  • Katherine Healy, American former principal ballerina
  • Roy Healy, American rocket scientist
  • Maurice Healy, s March 1910 by-election win in North East Cork
  • Thomas F. Healy, U.S. Army general and former commandant of the Army War College
  • Frances Healy, Irish actress, comedian
  • Raymond J. Healy, pioneering American anthologist
  • Jack Healy, American actor and the manager of boxer Rocky Graziano
  • Sam Healy, Australian actress most
  • James Augustine Healy, American Roman Catholic priest and the second bishop of Portland
  • Ted Healy, American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor
  • Ian Healy, Australian former international cricketer
  • Colin Healy, Irish retired footballer
  • Eloise Klein Healy, {{Cite web
  • Patrick Francis Healy, Jesuit priest, educator
  • Jerramiah Healy, New Jersey based politician
  • George Peter Alexander Healy, American portrait painter
  • Scott Healy, Grammy nominated Los Angeles-based pianist
  • Gerard Healy, former Australian rules footballer and commentator
  • Glenn Healy, former ice hockey goaltender
  • Bernadine Healy, American physician, cardiologist, academic
  • Cahir Healy, Irish politician
  • Dermot Healy, Irish novelist, playwright
  • Don Healy, former American football defensive tackle
  • Timothy S. Healy, Jesuit priest
  • Séamus Healy, Irish Independent politician
  • Cecil Healy, Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s
  • Matt Healy, Scottish actor
  • Robert W. Healy, American city manager
  • Jeremy Healy, English DJ and singer
  • Felix Healy, former Northern Ireland international footballer and singer
  • Joseph Healy, American politician, farmer, innkeeper
  • Egyptian Healy, pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Ned R. Healy, member of the Los Angeles, California
  • Michael A. Healy, career officer with the United States Revenue Cutter Service
  • Greg Healy, former Australian rules footballer
  • Cian Healy, Irish rugby union rugby player
  • Daniel Healy, former Australian rules footballer
  • Sean Healy, multimedia artist based in Portland, Oregon

Healy Namesakes

  • Randolph Healy, Irish poet and publisher
  • Frank Healy, former Napalm Death guitarist
  • Howard R. Healy, officer of the United States Navy
  • Eamonn Healy, professor of chemistry, organic chemistry
  • Katherine Healy, American former principal ballerina
  • Roy Healy, American rocket scientist
  • Maurice Healy, s March 1910 by-election win in North East Cork
  • Thomas F. Healy, U.S. Army general and former commandant of the Army War College
  • Frances Healy, Irish actress, comedian
  • Raymond J. Healy, pioneering American anthologist
  • Jack Healy, American actor and the manager of boxer Rocky Graziano
  • Sam Healy, Australian actress most
  • James Augustine Healy, American Roman Catholic priest and the second bishop of Portland
  • Ted Healy, American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor
  • Ian Healy, Australian former international cricketer
  • Colin Healy, Irish retired footballer
  • Eloise Klein Healy, {{Cite web
  • Patrick Francis Healy, Jesuit priest, educator
  • Jerramiah Healy, New Jersey based politician
  • George Peter Alexander Healy, American portrait painter
  • Scott Healy, Grammy nominated Los Angeles-based pianist
  • Gerard Healy, former Australian rules footballer and commentator
  • Glenn Healy, former ice hockey goaltender
  • Bernadine Healy, American physician, cardiologist, academic
  • Cahir Healy, Irish politician
  • Dermot Healy, Irish novelist, playwright
  • Don Healy, former American football defensive tackle
  • Timothy S. Healy, Jesuit priest
  • Séamus Healy, Irish Independent politician
  • Cecil Healy, Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s
  • Matt Healy, Scottish actor
  • Robert W. Healy, American city manager
  • Jeremy Healy, English DJ and singer
  • Felix Healy, former Northern Ireland international footballer and singer
  • Joseph Healy, American politician, farmer, innkeeper
  • Egyptian Healy, pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Ned R. Healy, member of the Los Angeles, California
  • Michael A. Healy, career officer with the United States Revenue Cutter Service
  • Greg Healy, former Australian rules footballer
  • Cian Healy, Irish rugby union rugby player
  • Daniel Healy, former Australian rules footballer
  • Sean Healy, multimedia artist based in Portland, Oregon

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