Given name & surname

Merrigan

Merrigan is a surname from Irish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Merrigan comes from Irish.

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How it developed

From Irish Ó Muireagáin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Merrigan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Irish

Milligan

“descendant of Maolagán”

No U.S. birth series

36% boys · 64% girls

Irish

Meehan

“descendant of Miadachán”

No U.S. birth series

29% boys · 71% girls

Irish

Meenan

“descendant of Mianán”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Mullican

“person with cropped hair”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Millikan

“descendant of Maolagán”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Millican

Millican is a surname from Irish.

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Moynihan

“descendant of Muimhneachán”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Monaghan

Monaghan is a surname from Irish.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Merrigan’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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