Fitzhenry
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Meaning | "son of Henry" |
Region of origin | Ireland |
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Variant form(s) | Henry |
Fitzhenry is an
Hiberno-Norman surname. It is patronymic as the prefix Fitz- derives from the Latin filius, meaning "son of". Its variants include the alternate forms "Fitz-Henry", FitzHenry and ‘’Fitz Henry’’, and the given name turned surname Henry
. Another Irish variant is Fitzharris, and the surnames were often used interchangeably within the same family.
Fitzhenry is rare as a given name, but may indicate that the person was descended from a female Fitz(-)henry, or that the person's father had Henry as a first forename.
People
People with the name Fitzhenry include:
- As a given name
- Fitz Henry Lane (1804–1865), born Nathaniel Rogers Lane, also known as Fitz Hugh Lane, American painter and printmaker
- Fitz Henry Warren (1816–1878), politician and American Civil War general
- Surname
- Bill Fitz Henry (1903–1957), Australian journalist
- Damien Fitzhenry (born 1974), Irish hurling and Gaelic football player
- Daniel Fitzhenry (born 1979), Australian rugby league footballer
- Elizabeth Fitzhenry (died 1790?), aka Mrs. Fitzhenry, Irish actress
- Louis Fitzhenry(1870–1935), Illinois politician and United States federal judge.
- Meiler Fitzhenry (died 1220), Irish nobleman and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
Others
- Fitzhenry & Whiteside, a Canadian book publishing company