Etymology

Doran

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

Irish Ó Deoradháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Deoradháin“descendant of Deoradhán”
  2. English todayDoran

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Deoradháin (“descendant of Deoradhán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of deoradh (“pilgrim, exile, stranger”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.