The runyon Surname
runyon Name Meaning and History
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rúnaidhin,
from a diminutive of the personal name Ruanaidh (see
Rooney).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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