# Dougherty

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,113

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
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## Etymology
Variant of Doherty.

## Easily confused with
- **doughty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dougherty-vs-doughty)
- **Doherty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doherty-vs-dougherty)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddougherty`, `doguherty`, `dougehrty`, `douggherty`, `dougherrty`, `doughertty`, `doughertyy`, `dougheryt`, `doughetry`, `doughherty`, `doughrety`, `douhgerty`, `duogherty`, `odugherty`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dougherty