Given name & surname
Milligan
“descendant of Maolagán”
Milligan is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Milligan goes back to Irish Ó Maolagáin, meaning “descendant of Maolagán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó Maolagáin (“descendant of Maolagán”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Milligan’s family of names
In English usage, Milligan as a surname has a related form in MILLIKAN. In English usage, Milligan as a surname has a related form in MILLIKEN.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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