The farnan Surname
farnan Name Meaning and History
Irish: shortened Anglicization of Gaelic Ó Farannáin
‘descendant of Forannán’, a personal name possibly based on
forrán ‘attack’. The family bearing this name was connected
with the church of Ardstraw in Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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