Meaning & origin
What it means
McGrogan goes back to Irish Mac Grúgáin, meaning “son of Grúgán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac Grúgáin (“son of Grúgán”), from Irish Mac Gruagáin (“son of Gruagán”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mcgrogan’s family of names
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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