Etymology

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

Irish Ó Fuartháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Fuartháin“descendant of Fuarthán”
  2. English todayForan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fuartháin (“descendant of Fuarthán”), a personal name from fuar (“cold”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.