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Cahill


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Origin Of The Surname Cahill

Meaning Of The Surname Cahill

The Son of the Battle Powerful

Interesting Facts About Cahill

Cahill is an anglicised version of ‘O Cathail’. This would have stood for the son of ‘Catu-valus’ which means battle powerful. The sept that this name belonged to were originally from County Galway, and they eventually moved towards Munster. They were very influential in this area, and Ballycahill stands for the ‘Town of the Cahills’.

Cahill Statistics

Cahill is the number 1587 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,446 share the surname Cahill in the UK.

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