Conroy Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Conroy last name means, where the surname began and where it was first recorded.
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Meaning and origin of the Conroy last name
Meaning of the Conroy last name: anglicized form of several Gaelic names. Conroy is a shared anglicization of several Gaelic names, including Ó Conraoi of Galway, Mac Conraoi of the same county, and Ó Maolchonaire, the hereditary poets and historians of the O'Connors of Connacht in Roscommon. One of the Ó Maolchonaire scholars, Fearfeasa, helped compile the Annals of the Four Masters. Because Conraoi sounded like rí, "king", some Galway families anglicized it as King. The Ó Maolchonaire family had their main seat at Ballymulconry in Roscommon. The name is now common in Galway, Roscommon and Dublin, and many Conroys emigrated to the United States, England and Australia in the 19th century.
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What does the Conroy name mean?
Anglicized form of several Gaelic names. Common variants include Conry, King, Mulconry.
Where does the Conroy surname come from?
It originates in Ireland, and is also found in the United States, England and Australia.
Is there a Conroy coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals, not whole surnames, so there is no single Conroy crest. Herald Lab paints a personalized Conroy coat of arms based on historic heraldry.
Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Sources: MacLysaght, The Surnames of Ireland; Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford); US Census Bureau 2010.