Etymology

Flanagan

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

Irish Ó Flannagáin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Flannagáin“descendant of Flannagán”
  2. English todayFlanagan

From Irish Ó Flannagáin (“descendant of Flannagán”), a personal name from a double diminutive of flann (“blood red”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.