Fitzhenry is an Irish

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as the prefix ''

Fitz Fitz (pronounced "fits") was a patronymic indicator used in Anglo-Norman England to help distinguish individuals by identifying their immediate predecessors. Meaning "son of", it would precede the father's forename, or less commonly a title held ...

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''filius'', meaning "son of". Its variants include the alternate forms "Fitz-Henry", ''FitzHenry'' and ‘’Fitz Henry’’, and the given name turned surname ''

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''. Another Irish variant is Fitzharris, and the surnames were often used interchangeably within the same family. Fitzhenry is rare as a given name, but may indicate that the person was descended from a female Fitz(-)henry, or that the person's father had Henry as a first forename.

People

People with the name Fitzhenry include: ;As a given name *

Fitz Henry Lane Fitz Henry Lane (born Nathaniel Rogers Lane; also formerly, mistakenly, known as Fitz Hugh Lane; December 19, 1804 – August 14, 1865) was an American painter and printmaker of a style that would later be called Luminism, for its use of pervasi ...

(1804–1865), born Nathaniel Rogers Lane, also known as Fitz Hugh Lane, American painter and printmaker *

Fitz Henry Warren Fitz Henry Warren (January 11, 1816 – June 1878) was a politician and a Union Army general during the American Civil War. Early life and career Warren was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts.Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, ''Civil War Hig ...

(1816–1878), politician and American Civil War general ;Surname * Bill Fitz Henry (1903–1957), Australian journalist * Damien Fitzhenry (born 1974), Irish hurling and Gaelic football player * Daniel Fitzhenry (born 1979), Australian rugby league footballer * Elizabeth Fitzhenry (died 1790?), aka Mrs. Fitzhenry, Irish actress * Louis Fitzhenry (1870–1935), Illinois politician and United States federal judge. *

Meiler Fitzhenry Meiler FitzHenry (sometimes spelled Meilyr; died 1220) was a Cambro-Norman nobleman and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland during the Lordship of Ireland. Background and early life Meilyr FitzHenry was the son of Henry FitzHenry, an illegitimate s ...

(died 1220), Irish nobleman and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland

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Fitzhenry & Whiteside Fitzhenry & Whiteside is a Canadian book publishing and distribution company, located in Leaside, Ontario. It publishes trade titles in children's and young adult fiction, textbooks, reference, history, biography, photography, sports and poetry ...

, a Canadian book publishing company

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