Enright Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Enright last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.
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Meaning and origin of the Enright last name
Meaning of the Enright last name: gaelic family name. Enright is an Irish surname from Gaelic Mac Ionnrachtaigh, a family of Limerick and Clare, perhaps meaning "unlawful attacker". It is common in Limerick and Kerry. The novelist Anne Enright, Booker Prize winner in 2007 for The Gathering, carries this last name.
Arms associated with the Enright name
Coats of arms associated with the Enright surname follow Irish heraldry, each set out in a short blazon.
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Enright name FAQ
What does the Enright name mean?
Gaelic family name. Common variants include MacEnright.
Where does the Enright surname come from?
It originates in Ireland, and is also found in the United States, Canada and Australia.
Is there a Enright coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Enright coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.
Sources: MacLysaght, The Surnames of Ireland; Patrick Woulfe, Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames (1923).