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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArgadáin ‘descendant of Argadán’, a personal name from a diminutive of argad ‘silver’. In County Galway the surname O’Hargadan has tended to be replaced by Hardiman.

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