Fenerty Family History
Fenerty Name Meaning
Irish: variant of O'Fenaghty an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fionnachta or Ó Fiannachta ‘descendant of Fionnachta’ a personal name from fionn ‘fair white’ + sneachta ‘snow’. The phonetic exchange of ch and r occurs in other names(see Finnerty ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022