Scottish and northern Irish: reduced form of Mac Clingan, an
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gilla Fhinnéin ‘son of the
servant of (Saint) Finnian’, also Anglicized as Mac Alingen.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?
A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.
Begin your family tree with your name:
The clingan name in History
A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the clingan family name as far back in history as possible.
Member Connections
Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the clingan last name.