Given name & surname
Holahan
“descendant of Uallachán”
Holahan is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Holahan is a form of Houlihan. Houlihan goes back to Irish Ó hUallacháin, meaning “descendant of Uallachán.”
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Where it comes from
Holahan is a form of Houlihan. Houlihan comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Holahan’s family of names
In English usage, Holahan as a surname has a related form in HOULIHAN.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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