Quealy or Quealey is a
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
in the
English language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the ...
. It is derived from one of several names in
Irish: ''
Ó Cadhla''
[ which is a transcription of: ] and ''Ua Caollaidhe'' of Uí Bercháin (Ibercon) in
Osraige.
Notable people with the surname
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Chelsea Quealey
Chelsea Ellsworth Quealey (March 12, 1905 in Sandy Hook, Connecticut – May 6, 1950 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Quealey began as a reedist but eventually settled on trumpet, playing with Jan Garber in 1925 and the Ca ...
(1905–1950), American jazz trumpeter
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Gerit Quealy (born 1960), American writer, editor, Shakespearean scholar and actor
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Jim Quealey (1917–?), Australian professional rugby league footballer
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Michael Quealy (fl. 1980s), former Fine Gael politician in Ireland
*Patrick Quealy (1857–1930), founder of
Kemmerer, Wyoming
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William H. Quealy (1913–1993), judge of the United States Tax Court
See also
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Queally
References
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English-language surnames