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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceanndubháin ‘descendant of Ceanndubhán’, a byname meaning ‘little black-headed one’, from ceann ‘head’ + dubh ‘black’ + the diminutive suffix -án.

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