Etymology

Roughan

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

Irish Ó Ruadhacháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Ruadhacháin“descendant of Ruadhachán”
  2. English todayRoughan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ruadhacháin (“descendant of Ruadhachán”), a double diminutive of ruadh (“red”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.