Leavy
Leavy (Lay-Vee) is a Scottish surname. It arose from the Scots slurring of the surname of the Irish MacDunleavy (dynasty) (Gaelic language MacDuinnshléibhe) royals, exiled in the still Celts Highlands of Scotland after the 12th century English conquest of the last remnants of the Dunleavy’s, thereto, though reduced, still sovereign Irish state in southeastern Ulster, that is the (Ulaidh (province). The Dunleavy/MacNulty (Gaelic language Mac an Ultaigh, for an individual of the Ulaidh tribe) were the last line of rulers of the ancient Ulaidh Nation and the last line of historical Kings of Ulster.The surname Leavy may appear prefixed with the Gaelic language "Mac" or even "Mc", "MacA" and "MacE".[1]
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
- Bill Leavy, American football official
- Charles H. Leavy (February 16, 1884 - September 25, 1952)
- Charles Henry Leavy (February 16, 1884 - September 25, 1952)
- Edward Leavy (born 1929 in Butteville, Oregon)
- Jane Leavy, award-winning former sportswriter and feature writer
- Joseph Britton Leavy (1872 -1921), of New York City
References
- ↑ Rev. Patrick Woulfe, Priest of the Diocese of Limerick, Member of the Council, National Academy of Ireland, Irish Names and Surnames, © 1967 Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, in Irish and English, pp. 355-356
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