The jernigan Surname
jernigan Name Meaning and History
English (Suffolk): variant spelling of English Jernegan,
which is of uncertain derivation. Reaney believes it to be of Breton
origin, probably identical with the Old Breton personal name
Iarnuuocon ‘iron famous’, taken to East Anglia by Bretons at
the time of the Norman Conquest.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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