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- Irish · derived fromÓ Luchaireáin“descendant of Luchaireán”
- English todayLoughran
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luchaireáin (“descendant of Luchaireán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of luchair (“radiant, glittering”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.