Släkthistoria för Gahan
Gahan Vad efternamn betyder
Irish:: shortened form of McGahan from Mac Eacháin or Mag Eocháin. from Ó Gaoithín ‘descendant of Gaoithín’ a personal name from a diminutive of gaoth an adjective meaning ‘wise’ (probably the sense here) or a noun meaning ‘wind’. This name has been mistranslated as both Wynne and Wyndham in Connacht (see Wynne). It may also be a shortened Anglicized form of the Ulster name Mac Gaoithín see McGeehan.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
