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Doherty

Doherty proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Doherty

  1. A surname from Irish.
    • Paul Doherty came to the rescue when his wife Georgina went into labour early just minutes from their local hospital.2017 March 7, Stephen Maguire, “Hero Irish dad reveals he had to tell car valet he ‘wasn’t up to anything illegal’ after wife gave birth on back seat on Donegal road”, in The Irish Sun, archived from...
  2. A locality in Temagami municipality, Nipissing District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.

Forms of Doherty

alternative formDaugherty
alternative formDougherty

Origin of Doherty

From Irish Ó Dochartaigh.

Questions about Doherty

What does Doherty mean?
Doherty means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Doherty?
Doherty is a proper noun.

Words near Doherty in the dictionary

  1. dohas
  2. DOHC
  3. DOHCs
  4. Doheny
  5. Dohenys
  6. Doherty
  7. dohickey
  8. dohickeys
  9. Dohm
  10. Dohmen
  11. Dohmens

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