Walsh (surname)

Walsh (Irish: Breathnach) is a common Irish surname, meaning "Briton" or "foreigner" (literally "Welshman" or "Wales"), taken to Ireland by soldiers from Britain, namely Welsh, Cambro-Norman, Cornish and Cumbrian soldiers during and after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is the fourth most common surname in Ireland,^[1] and the 265th most common in the United States. There are variants including "Walshe", “Welch”, "Welsh", and "Brannagh" (an anglicisation of the Irish form). Walsh is uncommon as a given name. The name is often pronounced "Welsh" in the south and west of the country.^[2] In Great Britain, Guppy encountered the name only in Lancashire.^[1] It is the surname of the Barons Ormathwaite.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Cottle, Basil (1978). The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 405.
^ MalcLysaght, Edward (1985). The Surnames of Ireland (fourth ed.). Dublin: Irish Academic Press. p. 296. ISBN 0716523647.

[auto-1] Cottle, Basil (1978). The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 405.

[2] MalcLysaght, Edward (1985). The Surnames of Ireland (fourth ed.). Dublin: Irish Academic Press. p. 296. ISBN 0716523647.

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Walsh (surname)

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