Irish (County Limerick): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hAnnacháin ‘descendant of Annachán’, a
diminutive of Annach, a byname of uncertain meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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