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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chaoin ‘son of the servant of St. Caoin’ or ‘son of the gentle lad’. Caoin is a personal name or adjective meaning ‘gentle’.

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