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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (originally Connacht) and Scottish (Argyllshire) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mo(gh)ráin, a patronymic from a personal name, originally Mughròn, from mug ‘slave’ + rón (Scottish ròn) ‘seal’.

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