English Explanatory Dictionary

McGowan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

McGowan McGowans McGavin McGowen McGowin MacGowan

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Ghobhainn and Irish Mac Gabhann (literally “son of the smith”). Compare Scottish Gaelic gobha (“smith”).

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