Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
hAnradháin ‘descendant of Anradhán’, a personal name
from a diminutive of ánrad(h) ‘hero’, ‘warrior’, ‘champion’,
a title denoting the nobleman next in rank to the king in medieval
Ireland. The title was also used to denote court poets of the second
rank.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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