Vaughn

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/vɔːn/

proper noun

A surname from Welsh.

OriginWelsh bychan →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

proper nounVaughn (countable and uncountable, plural Vaughns)

plural Vaughns

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Welsh.
  2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countablerareuncountableA female given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, named after Robert Vaughn (Montana rancher).
    2. countableuncountableA town in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, named after civil engineer George W. Vaughn.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, probably named after Roland Vaughn.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, named after settler W. D. Vaughn.

Origin

  1. Welshbychan“small”
  2. EnglishVaughn

A variant of Vaughan, from Welsh bychan (“small”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Vaughn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vaughn

MLA

“Vaughn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vaughn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vaughn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vaughn.

Source: Vaughn on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.