Loonan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Loonan Loonans Lunan

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luanáin (“descendant of Luanán”), a personal name deriving from a diminutive form of Middle Irish lúan (“light, warrior's halo, warrior”). Compare Looney

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