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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardhubháin ‘descendant of Ciardhubhán’, a personal name composed of the elements ciar ‘dark’ + dubh ‘black’ + the diminutive suffix -an.

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