English Explanatory Dictionary

Linehan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Linehan Linehans Lynam

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Laidhghneáin (“descendant of Laidhghneán”), perhaps a personal name derived from a diminutive form of laidhghein (“snow-birth”), from ladhg (“snow”) + gein (“birth”).

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