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Flanagan
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Origin Of The Surname Flanagan
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Meaning Of The Surname Flanagan
Descendant of the Red One
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Interesting
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Flanagan
Flanagan is a surname of Gaelic origin. It is an Anglicisation of the Old Gaelic surname O’Flannagain. The prefixed ‘O’ in this surname denotes that it is patronymic. Traditionally, Gaelic patronymic surnames were given to pass down the name of a clan chieftain or a revered elder. In this case the name being passed down is Flannagain, which is comes from the Gaelic ‘flann’ meaning red and would have referred to the original bearer’s hair or complexion. |
Flanagan Statistics
Flanagan is the number 1425 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 7,577 share the surname Flanagan in the UK.
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