Slattery
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Irish Gaelic O Slatarra/O Slatra, ‘descendant of Slatra’, a nickname meaning ‘strong’ or ‘bold’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈsɫætɝi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Slattery is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- IEIreland
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Irish Gaelic O Slatarra/O Slatra, ‘descendant of Slatra’, a nickname meaning ‘strong’ or ‘bold’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Slattery is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
named with Pol. skrzydto wing, probably in the sense of a ‘wing-shaped’ piece of land + -ew possessive suffix, with the addition of -ski, suffix of local surnames (see Bara- cendant of Slatra’, a byname meaning ‘Robust’, ‘Strong’, ‘Bold’. nowski).
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
‘descendant of Slatra’, a byname meaning ‘Robust’, ‘Strong’, ‘Bold’.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mike Slatteryb. 1866USAmerican baseball player
- James M. Slatteryb. 1878USAmerican politician (1878-1948)
- Jimmy Slatteryb. 1904USAmerican boxer (1904-1960)
- Richard X. Slatteryb. 1925USAmerican actor, former policeman (1925-1997)
- Jim Slatteryb. 1948USAmerican politician
- Tony Slatteryb. 1959GBEnglish actor and comedian (1959–2025)
- John Slatteryb. 1962USAmerican actor
- Ryan Slatteryb. 1982USAmerican actor
- Callum Slatteryb. 1999GBEnglish footballer
- Harry Slatteryb. 1999USAmerican actor and director
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 8.7K | #4,082 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 8.6K | #3,785 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 8.4K | #4,087 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 2.8K | #2,758 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 41 | #51,737 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 41 | #50,851 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 22 | #41,675 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 14 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 14 | #112,372 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 14 | #32,920 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 12 | #53,184 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 11 | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Slattery mean, and where does it come from?
- from Irish Gaelic O Slatarra/O Slatra, ‘descendant of Slatra’, a nickname meaning ‘strong’ or ‘bold’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Slattery?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsɫætɝi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Slattery have the most bearers?
- Slattery is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Slattery”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.