The vaughan Surname
vaughan Name Meaning and History
Welsh: from fychan, a lenited form of bychan, a
diminutive of bach ‘little’. This was often used to distinguish
the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, typically the
son of a father with the same name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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