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