# Fogarty

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,467

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fógartaigh (“descendant of Fógartach”), a personal name from fógartha (“proclaimed; banished, outlawed”).

## Easily confused with
- **forty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fogarty-vs-forty)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffogarty`, `fgoarty`, `foagrty`, `fogarrty`, `fogartty`, `fogartyy`, `fogaryt`, `fogatry`, `foggarty`, `fograty`, `ofgarty`

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