# Healy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/healy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,751 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,654 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,195 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (21,407 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉilidhe (“descendant of the claimant”), from éilidhe (“claimant”), or from Irish Ó hÉalaighthe (“descendant of Éaladhach”), a personal name from ealadhach (“ingenious”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Healy in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Healy in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Healy

- Cecil Healy, Australian swimmer (1881–1918)
- Mary Healy, American actress (1918–2015)
- George Peter Alexander Healy, American painter (1813–1894)
- Ted Healy, American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor (1896–1937)
- Pat Healy, American actor
- Alyssa Healy, Australian cricketer
- Ian Healy, Australian cricketer
- David Healy, American astrophotographer and asteroid discoverer
- Tim Healy, British actor
- James Augustine Healy, American Roman Catholic bishop (1830–1900)
- Patrick Francis Healy, American Jesuit educator (1834-1910)

## Similar surnames

Haley, Hawley, Healey, Hailey, Heil, Halley, Heal, Hill, Hall, Howell, Hale, Hail.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.