Etymology

Halloran

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

Irish Ó hAllmhuráin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ hAllmhuráin“descendant of Allmhurán”
  2. English todayHalloran

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAllmhuráin (“descendant of Allmhurán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of allmhurach (“foreigner”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.