Scottish: from the medieval personal name Maban,
Mabon, which is from an ancient British personal name (Old
Welsh Maponos ‘great son’). This is found as an element in
Scottish place names of Brythonic origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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