Lanigan

Used in: 2 countries

Origin: Irish

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lonagáin (“descendant of Lonagán”), apparently a double diminutive of lon (“blackbird”), but possibly a variant of Flanagan.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Lanig Root name
Abee Irish origin
Ahearn Irish origin
Ahern Irish origin
Aherne Irish origin
Aidan Irish origin
Aiden Irish origin
Allardice Irish origin
Anguish Irish origin

Popularity by Country

Lanigan

Rank #8179

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Lanigan

Rank #12157

Frequency 2,350 people (0.87 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 93.49% Hispanic 1.66% Black 2.6% Asian/PI 1.15%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

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