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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish and Scottish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cadáin ‘son of Cadán’, a rare surname from County Armagh; or of Mac Adáin or Mac Aidín, both based on a diminutive of the personal name Adam.

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