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Type Surname (from given name)
Pronounced Pron. FAR-NAN  [key]

Meaning & History

Irish shortened Anglicization of Gaelic Ó Farannáin ‘descendant of Forannán’, a personal name possibly based on forrán ‘attack’. The family bearing this name was connected with the church of Ardstraw in Ulster.
Added 3/2/2016 by anonymous
Edited 7/6/2017 by LMS and Sofia