Doherty - Meaning of Doherty

What does Doherty mean?

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Doherty

[ 3 syll. do-her-ty, doh-e-rty ] The baby boy name Doherty is pronounced as DOWerTiy †. The origin of Doherty is the Irish language. The name's meaning is harmful.

Doherty has 18 variant transcriptions. Variation transcriptions include Docherty, Dohertea, Dohertee, Dohertey, Doherti, Dohertie, Doughertea, Doughertee, Doughertey, Dougherti, Doughertie, Dougherty, Douhertea, Douhertee, Douhertey, Douherti, Douhertie, and Douherty.

See also the related category irish.

Doherty is an infrequently used baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Doherty include Dohertey, Doherti, Dohertie, Doughertey, Dougherti, Doughertie, Dougherty, Darrity, Deerward, Deerwerd, Deorward, Deorwerd, Derito, Derrit, Derritt, Dhruti, Douhertey, Douherti, Douhertie, and Douherty.

† English pronunciation for Doherty: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"