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♂ Rooney
What does Rooney mean?
Rooney 
as a boys' name is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Rooney is "red-haired". Actor Mickey Rooney.
STARTS WITH Ro-
Variations
VARIANTS Roone, Rowan▲, Rowen▲, Rowney
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Rooney Irving (R.I.), ..
How popular is Rooney?
Rooney is an uncommonly occurring first name for males but a very prominent last name for all people (#2450 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Rooney (NOT RANKED) ranked in the Top 2000 are Rowan (#129 IN 2018) and Rowen (#490). Adoption of these forms of Rooney was at its highest in 2018 (AVERAGE #309). Rowan and Rowen are two of the more contemporarily stylish names for newborns here. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Similar Names
Rooney is alike in pronunciation to Rene▼, Renny, Ronnie▼ and Ronny▼. Other recommended sound-alike names are Boone▲, Coney, Corney, Dooley, Raine, Ramey, Rane, Rayne, Remmey, Renne, Rion, Roan, Roane, Rodnee, Rodney▼, Roley, Rome, Romeo▲, Romney, Ron▼, Ronel, Ronn, Rorey, Rowley, Rune, Ryne▼, Ryon, Stoney, Toney and Volney. These names tend to be more commonly used than Rooney.
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