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".
Crowley (surname) three-quarters of the family originating from there. The Irish "O Cruadhlaoich" or "Ua Cruadhlaoich", a Gaelic name meaning "descendant of the hard hero" or "descendant of the hardy warrior", was anglicised to "Crowley" or "O'Crowley". Variants include Crawley, Crowly, O'Crowley, Croaley, Croawley, O'Crowly and many more. Crowley (surname) The Irish surname Crowley was first found in Moylurg, in the County Roscommon, where they started as a branch of the MacDermots. It is from Teige, a Prince of Moylurg, down to Cruadhlaoch that the line of descent for the Crowleys begins. A junior branch of the Crowley family also emerged and