English Explanatory Dictionary

Galligan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Galligan Galligans Gallahan

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gealagáin (“descendant of Gealagán”), a personal name which derives from a double diminutive of geal (“bright, white”).

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