Cahill (, or ) is a name of Irish origin. It is the anglicised version of the Gaelic "Ó Cathail" meaning "descendant of Cathal ".
"Cathal" consists of two parts: "cath" means battle; the second could be "val" (rule), so that the name as a whole meant "battle ruler" or "strong in battle",[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
People with the surname
Notable people with the surname include:
Barry Cahill (actor) (1921–2012), Canadian-born actorKymba Cahill (radio announcer) (born 1980) Australian radio announcer
Barry Cahill (Gaelic footballer) (born 1981), Irish Gaelic football playerBernard J.S. Cahill (1866–1944), American architect and cartographerBrendan J. Cahill (born 1963), American catholic bishopCharles Cahill (ice hockey) (1904–1954), Canadian ice hockey playerCharles Cahill (rugby league) (1916–2007), Australian rugby league footballer and coachChristina Cahill (née Boxer, born 1957), British middle-distance athleteDarren Cahill (born 1965), Australian tennis player and coachEddie Cahill (born 1978), American actorEdward Cahill (priest) (1868–1941), Irish Jesuit priest and academicEdward Cahill (pianist) (1885–1975), Australian concert pianistEdward Cahill (jurist) (1843–1922), justice of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1890Emmet Cahill (born 1990), Irish tenor, member of Celtic Thunder
Erin Cahill (born 1980), American actressFrank S. Cahill (1876–1934), Canadian politicianGary Cahill (born 1985), English football playerGeorge F. Cahill (1869–1935), American inventorHolger Cahill (1887–1960), Icelandic-American Director of the US Federal Art ProjectHorace T. Cahill (1894–1976), American politician; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1939–1945Jackie Cahill (born 1957), Irish politicianJames Cahill (art historian) (1926–2014), American art historianJames Cahill (snooker player) , (born 1995) English snooker playerJames F. Cahill (1926–2008), American scuba diving pioneer, one of the first Navy SealsJoe Cahill (1920–2004), Irish republican and IRA leaderJohn Cahill (footballer) (born 1940), Australian rules football player and coachJohn Baptist Cahill (1841–1910), English Roman Catholic Bishop of PortsmouthJohn T. Cahill (lawyer) (1903–66), American lawyer and prosecutorJoseph Cahill (1891–1959), Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales 1952–1959Josh Cahill (born 1986), German-Czech aviation vloggerJulie McNally Cahill (born 1966), creator of Gym Partner and Littlest Pet Shop Keenan Cahill (born 1995), teenager known for viral videoKevin A. Cahill (born 1955), American politician from New York; state representativeLeo Cahill (1928–2018), American professional football coachLily Cahill (1888–1955), American actressMabel Cahill (1863–1905), Irish championship tennis playerMáiría Cahill (born 1981), Irish politicianMarie Cahill (1866–1933), Broadway stage actressMartin Cahill (1949–1994), Irish criminalMary Beth Cahill (born 1954), American political figure, campaign manager for John KerryMichael T. Cahill , Dean of Brooklyn Law School Mike Cahill (tennis) (born 1952), American tennis playerMike Cahill (director) (born 1979), American filmmakerOllie Cahill (born 1975), Irish professional football playerPat Cahill (born 1949), Texas High School football coachPatricia Cahill (drug smuggler) (born 1973), British teen, imprisoned in ThailandPatricia Cahill (singer) (1942–2022), Irish singerPearse Cahill (1917–2011), Irish aviation pioneerRichard Cahill (fl. 1911–1912), English professional football playerRichard T. Cahill Jr. (born 1971), American author of Hauptmann's Ladder
Robert Ellis Cahill (1934–2005), American authorRonnie Cahill (1915–1992), American football playerRowan Cahill (born 1945), Australian historian and journalistSally Cahill (contemporary), Canadian voice actor and screen actress
Sarah Cahill (model) (born 1978), American beauty queen and modelSarah Cahill (pianist) (born 1960), American pianist, writer and radio hostTed Cahill (rugby league) (fl. 1950s), English rugby playerThaddeus Cahill (1867–1934), inventor of the telharmoniumThomas Cahill (1940–2022), American scholar and writerThomas Cahill (bishop) (1913–1978), Australian Roman Catholic bishopThomas Cahill (soccer) (1864–1951), American soccer coachTim Cahill (born 1979), Australian soccer playerTim Cahill (writer) (born 1943), American travel writer and magazine editorTim Cahill (producer) (born 1966), creator of Gym Partner and Littlest Pet Shop Timothy P. Cahill (born 1959), American politician from Massachusetts; state treasurerTom Cahill (American football) (1919–1992), football player and coachTom Cahill (Australian politician) (1924–1983), Australian politician from New South WalesTrevor Cahill (born 1988), American baseball playerWilliam T. Cahill (1912–1996), American politician from New Jersey; US Representative
