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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Meanman, a patronymic from the personal name Meanma meaning ‘spirited’. Meanman is an older form of the genitive than Meanm(n)a, which lies behind McMenamy.

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