Etymology

Counihan

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

Irish Ó Cuanacháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Cuanacháin“descendant of Cuanachán”
  2. English todayCounihan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuanacháin (“descendant of Cuanachán”), a diminutive of the personal name Cuana.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.