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O'Rourke

O'Rourke proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

O'Rourke (plural O'Rourkes)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of O'Rourke

pluralO'Rourkes
alternative formRork
alternative formRourk
alternative formRourke

Origin of O'Rourke

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ruairc (“descendant of Ruarc”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Hrórekr (“Roderick”).

Questions about O'Rourke

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

Words near O'Rourke in the dictionary

  1. o'rethrown
  2. o'rethrows
  3. O'Riley
  4. O'Riordan
  5. O'Riordans
  6. O'Rourke
  7. O'Rourkes
  8. O'Ryan
  9. o's
  10. O'Shaughnessy
  11. O'Shea

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