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Mcloughlin
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Origin Of The Surname Mcloughlin
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Meaning Of The Surname Mcloughlin
Descendant of the Tonsured One
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Mcloughlin
McLoughlin is the anglicised version of the old Gaelic surname O'Melaghlin. The prefixed ‘o’ denote that the name is patronymic, passing down the first name of a clan chieftain or revered elder whose name would have been Melaghlin. This first name comes from the Gaelic ‘maol’ which means ‘tonsured’. Tonsuring was the process of shaving the crown of the head to show devotion to god and abandonment of vanity. |
Mcloughlin Statistics
Mcloughlin is the number 760 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 12,771 share the surname Mcloughlin in the UK.
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