Etymology

Cahalan

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Ó Cathaláin
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Cathaláin“son of Cathalán”
  2. English todayCahalan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathaláin (“son of Cathalán”).

Words from the same roots

IrishÓ Cathaláin all →

CallanCulhaneCahalane

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.