English Explanatory Dictionary

Carnahan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Carnahan Carnahans Carnathan

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearnacháin (“descendant of Cearnachán”), a personal name from cearnach (“victorious”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

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