Given name & surname
Houlihan
“descendant of Uallachán”
Houlihan is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Houlihan goes back to Irish Ó hUallacháin, meaning “descendant of Uallachán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó hUallacháin (“descendant of Uallachán”), built from Irish Ó + Uallachán.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Houlihan’s family of names
In English usage, Houlihan as a surname has a related form in HOLAHAN. In English usage, Houlihan as a surname has a related form in HOLAHAN. In English usage, Houlihan as a surname has a related form in HOLIHAN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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