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English

Loughran

Loughran comes from Irish Ó Luchaireáin ‘descendant of Luchaireán’, and goes back to luchair ‘radiant, glittering’.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentluchair‘radiant, glittering’
  2. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ Luchaireáin‘descendant of Luchaireán’
  3. EnglishtodayLoughran

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentluchair‘radiant, glittering’
  2. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ Luchaireáin‘descendant of Luchaireán’
  3. EnglishtodayLoughran

The story

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luchaireáin (‘descendant of Luchaireán’), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of luchair (‘radiant, glittering’).

Every English word from Irish luchair

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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