The mcgowan Surname
mcgowan Name Meaning and History
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gobhann
(Scottish) and Mac Gabhann (Irish) ‘son of the smith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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