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Name Toran
Type Surname (from location & from given name)
Other Forms FormsTorán, O’Toran, Ó Toráin, Toráin
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Galician (Torán): habitational name from the village of Santa María de Torán in Ourense province.
Irish: reduced form of O’TORAN, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó TORÁIN ‘descendant of TORÁN’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of tor ‘lord’, ‘hero’, ‘champion’.
Added 6/11/2016 by LMS