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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : from a pet form of the personal name Thomas. According to MacLysaght, this was the name of a family of Norman Welsh origin that formed a sept in the Irish fashion in the barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo. The name is recorded as Tomilin in the 17th century and has been Gaelicized as Mac Toimilin.

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