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".
Moran (surname) Moran (surname) Moran () is a modern Irish surname and derived from membership of a medieval dynastic sept. The name means a descendent of "Mórán". “Mor” in Gaelic translates as big or great and “an” as the prefix the. Morans were a respected sept of the Uí Fiachrach dynasty in the western counties of Mayo and Sligo. In Ireland, where the name descended from the Gaelic, it is generally pronounced anglicised approximate of the Irish pronunciation. Elsewhere, pronunciation follows the French surname, "Morant", anglicised to or . There are many different crests of Moran, many bearing three stars and the