# Rooney

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɹuːni/ · frequency rank #11,284

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
Anglicised from Irish Ó Ruanaidh (“descendant of a person named Champion”).

## Easily confused with
- **rooted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooney-vs-rooted)
- **Rowley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooney-vs-rowley)
- **Ronny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ronny-vs-rooney)
- **roomy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roomy-vs-rooney)
- **Rhone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhone-vs-rooney)
- **Rodney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rodney-vs-rooney)
- **Romney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romney-vs-rooney)
- **Rainey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-rooney)
- **roofed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofed-vs-rooney)

## Common misspellings (8)
`oroney`, `roney`, `ronoey`, `rooeny`, `rooneyy`, `roonney`, `roonye`, `rrooney`

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