Given name & surname
Cahalan
“son of Cathalán”
Cahalan is a surname from Irish.
Original IrishÓ Cathaláin
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cahalan goes back to Irish Ó Cathaláin, meaning “son of Cathalán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Cahalan as a surname developed from Ó Cathaláin.
Cahalan’s family of names
In English usage, Cahalan as a surname developed from the Irish form Ó Cathaláin.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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