The monahan Surname
monahan Name Meaning and History
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Manacháin
‘descendant of Manachán’, a personal name representing a
diminutive of manach ‘monk’. See also Monk. The Gaelic
name is sometimes interpreted as if it were Ó Muineacháin
‘descendant of the little shrubbery’, and is sometimes translated as
Thornton. Compare the place name Monaghan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Monahan Lisdaligny, Killimor, Galway, Ireland |
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| Monaghans of County Leitrim - Patrick Monaghan c1854 |
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| John Shaw Monahan | lesley pigerham | 1 |
| James Monahan>Ire>Bk'lyn C1850's |
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