Slowey Family History
Slowey Name Meaning
Irish (Monaghan): shortened form of O'Slowey an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Sluaghadhaigh ‘descendant of Sluaghadhach’ a personal name meaning ‘raider’ derived from sluaghadh ‘expedition raid’. In Ulster there was also Mac Sluaghaigh Anglicized as (Mc)Slowey or sometimes Molloy . Compare Sloan .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022