Furey

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Furey

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Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fiúra, reduced form of Ó Fiodhabhra (“descendant of Fiodhabhra”), a personal name composed of the elements fiodh (“wood, timber”) and fabhra (“eyelash; eyebrow”).

proper noun Fureys

A surname from Irish.

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"Furey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/furey. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{furey_2026,
  title = {Furey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/furey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}