The name Heffernan is derived from the

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

name ''Ó hIfearnáin'', which comes from the given name ''Ifearnan'' meaning "demon". Heffernan gives rise to alternatives such as Heffernon and Hefferan. The name sometimes contains the O' prefix.

List of people surnamed Heffernan

Angie Heffernan Angenette (Angie) Heffernan is a Fijian human rights and democracy activist and executive director of the Pacific Centre for Public Integrity (PCPI). Prior to PCPI she was a prominent regional environmental political campaigner for Greenpeace Aus ...

, Fijian activist *

Bill Heffernan William Daniel Heffernan (born 3 March 1943), is an Australian former politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Senate representing the state of New South Wales from September 1996 to May 2016. Early life and background Heffernan was bo ...

(born 1943), Australian senator * Bob Heffernan, Australian footballer *

Chris Heffernan Chris Joel Heffernan (born 29 January 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career Known affectionately as "Heff", Chris began his career in 1997 with the Essendon Football Clu ...

, Australian footballer * Christian Heffernan, Canadian football player *

Christy Heffernan Christy Heffernan (born 26 December 1957) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. Born in Glenmore, County Kilkenny, Heffernan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-two wh ...

, Irish sportsman *

Daniel Heffernan Daniel Heffernan (born 25 May 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a striker. He has previously played in England, Australia and Indonesia. In 2019, Heffernan returned to England and signed with Whalley Range FC Career Born in Manchester ...

, English footballer *

Dean Heffernan Dean James Heffernan (born 19 May 1980) is a former professional football (soccer) player. Club career With the Central Coast Mariners he scored 8 goals from left back in 24 games and was subsequently named in FourFourTwo's A-League dream team. ...

, Australian soccer player * Frank Heffernan (1892–1938), Canadian hockey player * Gavin Heffernan, Canadian filmmaker * Gerald Heffernan, Canadian ice hockey player *

James Heffernan (Irish politician) James Heffernan (born 3 October 1979) is a former Irish Labour Party politician. Background He is from a Limerick hurling family, with his father and brother, both called Pat, having played for the county. Heffernan was heavily involved with L ...

, Irish politician * James J. Heffernan (1888–1967), U.S. Representative from New York * John Heffernan (disambiguation), several people * Josephine Heffernan (1876 - 1962), Irish-American nurse *

Kate Heffernan Kate Alexandra Heffernan (born 7 October 1999) is a List of New Zealand international netball players, New Zealand netball international and former cricketer. She represented the New Zealand national netball team at the Netball at the 2022 Comm ...

(born 1999), New Zealand cricketer *

Kevin Heffernan (disambiguation) Kevin Heffernan may refer to: *Kevin Heffernan (actor) (born 1968), American actor, writer, producer and director *Kevin Heffernan (Gaelic footballer) Kevin Heffernan (20 August 1929 – 25 January 2013) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and mana ...

, several people *

Killian Heffernan Killian Heffernan (born 10 July 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the final of the 2018 BDO World Youth Darts Championship. Career In 2018 he reached the final BDO ...

(born 2002), Irish darts player *

Margaret Heffernan Margaret Heffernan (born 1955) is an entrepreneur, CEO, writer and keynote speaker. She is currently a professor of Practice at the University of Bath School of Management in the UK. Heffernan is the former chief executive officer of five busin ...

, international businesswoman and writer * Michael Heffernan (disambiguation), several people *

Nathan Heffernan Nathan Stewart Heffernan (August 6, 1920 – April 13, 2007) was an American lawyer and judge. He was the 23rd Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1983 to 1995. Earlier in his career he served as United States Attorney for the ...

(1920–2007), American judge *

Neil Heffernan Neil T. Heffernan (born June 1970 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a professor of computer science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is known for his role in the development of the ASSISTments online learning tool and app, which assists st ...

(1970–present), American professor of computer science *

Paul Heffernan Paul Heffernan (born 29 December 1981) is an Irish former professional footballer, who played as a striker. Heffernan has played for several clubs in Great Britain which include Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers, Notts County, Bristol Cit ...

, Irish footballer *

Ray Heffernan (disambiguation) Ray Heffernan may refer to: * Ray Heffernan (cricketer) (1935–2014), Australian cricketer * Ray Heffernan (hurler), Irish hurler * Ray Heffernan (songwriter), Irish songwriter {{hndis, Heffernan, Ray ...

, several people *

Robert Heffernan Robert Heffernan (born 28 February 1978) is an Irish race walker. Career At the 2000 Olympics he finished in 28th place, and at the 2004 Olympics he was disqualified, both in the 20 km race walking discipline. At the 2008 Olympic Games ...

, Irish walker *

Roy Heffernan Laurence Roy Heffernan (12 July 1925 – 24 September 1992) was an Australian professional wrestler. Roy Heffernan toured all over the world, but is most famous for being one half of the original version of the tag team the Fabulous Kangaroos (wi ...

(1926–1993), Australian wrestler *

Seamie Heffernan James Anthony "Seamie" Heffernan (born 17 July 1972) is an Irish flat racing jockey who rides mainly for horse racing trainer Aidan O'Brien. From a family with no racing connections Heffernan was introduced to the sport when he took a summer ...

, Irish jockey *

Virginia Heffernan Virginia Heffernan (born August 8, 1969) is an American journalist and cultural critic. Since 2015, she has been a political columnist at the ''Los Angeles Times'' and a cultural columnist at ''Wired (magazine), Wired''. From 2003 to 2011, she w ...

, American journalist *

William Heffernan William Heffernan (born August 22, 1940) is an American novelist born in New Haven, Connecticut. Before becoming a novelist, Heffernan was an investigative reporter for the '' New York Daily News''. Heffernan left journalism in 1978 after receiv ...

, American author * William J. Heffernan (1872–1955), New York politician

Fictional characters

Carrie Heffernan Carrie Spooner Heffernan is a fictional character in the American sitcom ''The King of Queens''. She appears in all of the show's nine seasons and is one of the show's three central characters. The character is portrayed by Leah Remini and live ...

, fictional character in ''

The King of Queens ''The King of Queens'' is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, a total of nine seasons and 207 episodes. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, who also served as the show ...

'' *

Doug Heffernan Douglas Steven "Doug" Heffernan is a fictional character and the protagonist in the American sitcom ''The King of Queens''. The character has also appeared in ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', '' Becker'', and '' Cosby''. The character is portrayed ...

, fictional character in ''

Other uses

* Heffernan v. City of Paterson, a legal case

Sources

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