Clancy is an Irish name coming from the Gaelic Mac Fhlannchaidh/Mac Fhlannchadha, meaning "Son of the red/ruddy warrior" (Mac being for sons, Ní Fhlannchaidh/Ní Fhlannchadha would be for daughters), or as a hypocorism for Clarence. The surname originated from two different families, one in Thomond and one in the present day County Leitrim.
Notable people with the name include:
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People
Given name
Clancy Barone (born 1963), American football coach
Clancy Brown (born 1959), American actor
Clancy Carlile (1930–1998), American novelist and screenwriter
Clancy Chassay (born 1980), English journalist
Clancy Cooper (1906–1975), American actor
Clancy Eccles (1940–2005), Jamaican reggae singer
Clancy Edwards (born 1955), American track and field sprinter
Clancy Fernando (1938–1992), Sri Lankan admiral
Clancy Hayes (1908–1972), American jazz singer and banjo player
Clancy Imislund (died 2020) an influential figure in the Alcoholics Anonymous community and managing director of the Midnight Mission in Los Angeles
Clancy Martin (born 1967), Canadian philosopher, novelist and essayist
Clancy Newman (born 1977), American cellist and composer
Clancy O'Connor (born 1982), American actor
Clancy Pendergast (born 1967), American football coach
Clancy Rudeforth (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
Clancy Sigal (1926–2017), American writer
Clancy Smyres (1922–2007), American baseball player
Clancy Williams (1942–1986), American football player
Surname
Abbey Clancy (born 1986), English model and television personality
Aislinn Clancy (born 1979), Canadian politician
Al Clancy (1888–1951), American baseball player
Aoibheann Clancy (born 2003), Irish footballer
Bill Clancy (1879–1948), American baseball player
Bobby Clancy (1927–2002), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
Boetius Clancy (died 1598), Irish Member of Parliament and High Sheriff
Bud Clancy (1900–1968), American baseball player
Carl Stearns Clancy (1890–1971), American long-distance motorcycle rider, film director and producer, credited with the first motorcycle circumnavigation of the world
Claire Clancy (born 1958), former Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales, and first woman to be Registrar of Companies for England and Wales
Conor Clancy (Clare hurler) (born 1971), Irish hurler
Conor Clancy (Offaly hurler) (born 1993), Irish hurler
Cummin Clancy (1922–2013), Irish discus thrower
Daniel J. Clancy (born 1964), American computer scientist
Dave Clancy (born 1978), British ice hockey goaltender
Dean Clancy (born 2001), Irish boxer
Fictional characters
Kanuka Clancy, one of the main characters on the anime series Mobile Police Patlabor
Chief Clancy Wiggum, on The Simpsons
Clancy Freeman, a recurring character in Blue Heelers
Clancy, the protagonist in the band Twenty One Pilots' 4th—8th concept albums (Blurryface, Trench, Scaled and Icy, Clancy and Breach)
Clancy, a playable character in the video game Brawl Stars
Clancy of the Overflow, the titular character of a Banjo Paterson poem, possibly based on Australian drover Thomas Gerald Clancy
Nancy Clancy, the titular character of Fancy Nancy.
Clancy Gilroy, the main protagonist of The Midnight Gospel.