Ahern Family History
Ahern Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEachthighearna ‘descendant of Eachthighearna’, a personal name meaning ‘lord of horses’, from each ‘horse’ + tighearna ‘master, lord’. In Ireland, the name is most common in the southwest. Compare Hearn.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press