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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cluanaigh ‘descendant of Cluanach’, a personal name derived from cluana, which means ‘deceitful’, ‘flattering’, or ‘rogue’.

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