Submitted Surname Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/29/2024, 3:45 PM	Mike C
6/11/2016, 3:20 AM	LMS
6/11/2016, 3:08 AM	LMS
6/11/2016, 3:08 AM	LMS

Name Toran

Type Surname (from given name & from location)

Usage Galician, Irish

Other Forms FormsTorán, O’Toran, Ó Toráin, Toráin

Edit Status Status not 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