Name Element GAN 2

Type Word
Usage Old Irish

Meaning & History

Old Irish suffix meaning "family, birth, born of" [1] [2] .

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Other Languages & Culturesgen (Medieval Breton) genos (Old Celtic) gen (Old Welsh)
Given Name DescendantsTyrone (African American) Morgaine, Morgan, Morgen (Arthurian Cycle) Taryn, Tyron, Tyrone (English) Morgane (French) Eoghan, Owen, Comgán, Comhghán, Muirín (Irish) Eógan, Eoghan, Muirgen (Irish Mythology) Eógan (Old Irish) Euan, Ewan, Ewen (Scottish) Eòghann (Scottish Gaelic)
Surname DescendantsMac Eoghain, McCune, McKowen (Irish) McEwan (Scottish) MacEòghainn (Scottish Gaelic)
Place Name DescendantTyrone (Irish)
Same Spellinggān 1, gān 2, gan 1
  1. Matasović, Ranko. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill, 2009, page 158.
  2. Wiktionary, entry Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/genos, available from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction%3AProto-Celtic%2Fgenos.

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