English Explanatory Dictionary

Kilbane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Kilbane Kilbanes

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Bháin (“son of the fair-haired lad”), from giolla (“lad, boy”) and bán (“white, fair”). Compare McElwain.

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