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Name Manning
Type Surname (from given name)
Usage English, Irish (Anglicized)
Other Forms FormsÓ Mainnín, Ó Maingín, Mangan
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Meaning & History
English patronymic from MANN.
Irish adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Mainnín ‘descendant of MAINNÍN’, probably an assimilated form of MAINCHÍN, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó Maingín and Anglicized as MANGAN.
Irish adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Mainnín ‘descendant of MAINNÍN’, probably an assimilated form of MAINCHÍN, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó Maingín and Anglicized as MANGAN.