Mangan (surname)

Mangan is an Irish surname anglicised from the Gaelic Ó Mongáin ‘descendant of Mongan’, originally a byname for someone with a luxuriant head of hair (from mongach ‘hair’, ‘mane’).

Mangan (Irish name: Ó Mongàin)
Language(s)Irish Gaelic
Origin
Meaning"grandson (or descendant) of long-haired"
Region of originConnacht, County Limerick, and County Tyrone
Other names
Variant form(s)Mongan, Mangham, Mangam, Mangin, Mangum, Mangon, Mingame, Mongain, Mongin, Mungan, Mungane, Mungin

Notable people include:

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