Gahan (surname) Irish language "Mac Gaoithín", meaning "son of "Gaoithín"", although the more common Anglicised form of this Gaelic name is "McGeehan" in Ulster. Gahan (surname) Gahan (and its variant Gahame) is a surname with several different origins. One origin of the surname is from a reduced form of "McGahan", which is in turn an Anglicised form of the Irish language "Mac Eacháin", meaning "son of "Eachán"". Another origin of the name, in Leinster, is from a reduced form of the Irish language "Ó Gaoithin", meaning "descendant of "Gaoithín"". The personal name "Gaoithín" is a diminutive of "gaoth", meaning "wise", or "wind".
Fitzpatrick (surname) Fitzpatrick (surname) The surname Fitzpatrick is the known translation of at least two different surnames: Mac Giolla Phádraig and Ó Maol Phádraig from the original Irish to English. Currently, it is ranked as the 60th most common surname in Ireland with an estimated 12,700 individuals bearing the name. While both "Mac Giolla Phádraig" and "Ó Maol Phádraig" have similar meanings, they are likely unrelated; yet both have arrived in the modern era as "Fitzpatrick". Despite the prefix ""Fitz-"", Fitzpatrick is not a name of Hiberno-Norman descent. Giolla Phádraig (means "the devotee of Patrick"). Gilla Patráic mac Donnchada was a tenth