The Flanery Family Name

Spelling was not fixed until the modern era, so Flannery could easily become Flanery. Its meaning, shared with Flannery, is “Grandson of Flannabhra (red eyebrows)”.

Flanery and Flannery

Flanery drops the “n” of Flannery, a simplification that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. You may also find the name written O'Flannery.

Flanery ranked 17,367 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,626 people answering to the name. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.

Heraldry and the Flanery name

Arms linked to Flannery and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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