Etymology

McCaughan

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

Irish Mac Eacháin
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Eacháin“son of Eachán”
  2. English todayMcCaughan

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Eacháin (“son of Eachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of each (“horse”).

Words from the same roots

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McGahan

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.