Släkthistoria för Runyon
Runyon Vad efternamn betyder
Americanized form of French Rongnion (or perhaps of some other similar French surname): unexplained. The surname Rongnion is no longer found in France. Compare Runion Runnion Runyan and Runyen. Possibly also Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rúnaidhin ‘descendant of Rúnaidhin’ from a pet form of the personal name Ruanaidh (see Rooney). This form of the surname has now died out in Ireland and Britain.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
