Cavan Family History
Cavan Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Oai, Onh, Phanh, Vinh.
Irish (Down): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caomháin, ‘son of Caomhán (Kevin)’, a diminutive of the personal name Caomh (see O'Keefe ). In some cases the name may perhaps be an alternative Anglicized form of Caomhánach (see Kavanagh ).
Filipino: variant of Caban .
Vietnamese: apparently from a combination of two personal names (the middle name Cả meaning ‘the eldest’ and the personal name Văn meaning ‘literature’) recorded as a surname after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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