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:

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

• Donald D. Clancy (1921–2007), American politician

• Ed or Edward Clancy (disambiguation)

• Finbarr Clancy (born 1970), Irish folk singer and musician, member of the High Kings

• Frank Willey Clancy (1852–1928), American lawyer and politician

• George Clancy (politician) (1881–1921), Irish teacher and politician

• George Clancy (rugby union) (born 1977), Irish rugby union referee

• Gil Clancy (1922–2011), American boxing trainer and commentator

• Gordon Drummond Clancy (1912–1996), Canadian politician

• Jack Clancy (born 1944), American football player

• Jack Clancy (Australian footballer) (1934–2014), Australian rules footballer

• James Clancy (disambiguation)

• Jim Clancy (baseball player) (1955–2025), American baseball pitcher

• Jim Clancy (journalist) (born 1955), American broadcast journalist

• Joe Clancy (born 1990), American football player and college coach

• John Clancy (disambiguation)

• Jonathan Clancy (born 1986), Irish hurler

• Joseph Clancy (disambiguation)

• J. J. Clancy (North Dublin MP) (1847–1928), Irish member of the British Parliament

• J. J. Clancy (Sinn Féin politician) (1891–1932)

• Kendrick Clancy (born 1978), American football player

• Kevin Clancy (born 1983), Scottish football referee

• Kevin Clancy (Royal Mint), British numismatist

• King Clancy (1902–1986), Canadian ice hockey defenceman, referee, coach and executive

• Laurence Clancy (1929–2014), British aerodynamicist, academic and author

• Liam Clancy (1935–2009), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers

• Martin Clancy () Irish musician and songwriter and writer about artificial intelligence's impact on the arts

• Mary Clancy (born 1948), Canadian politician

• Matthew Clancy (born 1982), Irish retired Gaelic footballer

• Michael Clancy (1949–2010), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of St. Helena and Dependencies, husband of Claire Clancy

• Michael Martin Clancy (1868–1931), Irish Catholic priest in Australia

• Mike Clancy (1924–1988), American professional wrestler

• Mike Clancy (trade unionist), British trad unionist, General Secretary of Prospect (2012–present)

• Nadia Clancy (born 1986), Australian politician

• Natalie Clancy, Canadian journalist

• Paddy Clancy (1922–1998), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers

• Pádraig Clancy (born 1980), Irish Gaelic footballer

• Pat Clancy (trade unionist) (1919–1987), Australian trade unionist and communist

• Patrick Clancy (Irish politician) (1877–1947)

• Patty Clancy, 21st century American politician

• Paulette Clancy, British physicist

• Pauric Clancy, Irish Gaelic football player

• Peadar Clancy (1888–1920), member of the Irish Republican Army

• Robert H. Clancy (1882–1962), American politician

• Robert Clancy (doctor), Australian clinical immunologist

• Ryan Clancy (born 1977), American politician

• Sam Clancy (born 1958), American football and basketball player

• Sam Clancy Jr. (born 1980), American basketball assistant coach and former player, son of the above

• Sean Clancy (disambiguation)

• Stephen Clancy (born 1992), Irish racing cyclist

• Susan Clancy, American clinical psychologist

• T. Frank Clancy (1871–1936), American politician and businessman

• Taliqua Clancy (born 1992), Australian beach volleyball player

• Terry Clancy (born 1943), Canadian ice hockey player, son of King Clancy

• Tom or Thomas Clancy (disambiguation)

• Tim Clancy (born 1984), Irish football manager and former player

• Tyler Clancy (born 1997), American politician

• William Clancy (1802–1847), Irish missionary

• Willie Clancy (musician) (1918–1973), Irish Uilleann pipes player

• Willie Clancy (hurler) (1906–1967), Irish hurler

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.

See also

• Senator Clancy (disambiguation)

• Clancey

• Clancee

References