Mangan (surname)

Mangan (Irish name: Ó Mongàin)
Language(s)Irish Gaelic
Origin
Meaning"descendant of Mongan "
Region of originConnacht, County Limerick, and County Tyrone
Other names
Variant form(s)Mongan

Mangan is an Irish surname anglicised from the Gaelic Ó Mongáin, meaning "descendant of Mongan". It was originally a byname for someone with a luxuriant head of hair (from mongach. meaning "hair" or "mane").

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