Only the truly curious even ask. And when a Harvard University student recently inquired about my name, she was clear that she wanted to know about my surname. She repeated it three times out loud and ...

The widespread surname of Casey comes from Gaelic cathasaigh, meaning watchful or vigilant. It can be traced back to early Ireland as a separate surname used by at least five different septs, from ...

This popular Irish surname has a number of variants, but ones found in Ireland could be considered all descendants of William de Burgh, a Norman adventurer, and a knight who settled in Ireland around ...