Scully

== English == === Alternative forms === Sculley === Etymology 1 === Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe. ==== Proper noun ==== Scully (plural Scullys) A surname from Irish. ===== Derived terms ===== Scullyangst ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Scully is the 4060th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8747 individuals. Scully is most common among White (93.61%) individuals. === Etymology 2 === Named after Dana Scully, fictional FBI agent in the American science fiction series The X-Files, who acts as a skeptical foil to the conspiracy theories of fellow agent Fox Mulder. ==== Verb ==== Scully (slang, transitive) To be skeptical toward (a person or situation) with ideas that do not coincide with conventional wisdom. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scully”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === Cullys