Cagney
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caingnigh (“descendant of Caingneach”), a byname from caingneach (“troublesome”).
Proper noun[edit]
Cagney (plural Cagneys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cagney is the 34427th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 658 individuals. Cagney is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cagney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 268.