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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Northern Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fearáin ‘son of Fearán’, a personal name from a diminutive of fear ‘man’.
  • Northern Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mhearáin ‘son of Mearán’, a personal name derived from mear ‘swift’.

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