Meaning & origin
What it means
Faughnan goes back to Irish Ó Fachtnáin, meaning “descendant of Fachtnán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Faughnan as a surname developed from Fachtna.
Faughnan’s family of names
In English usage, Faughnan as a surname developed from Fachtna.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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