Last name: LENNON

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LENNON : This last name is indexed 72,450 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

LENNON : 1: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Leannáin ‘son of Leannán’ a personal name probably derived from leann ‘cloak mantle’. Ó Lionnáin is an alternative form Anglicized as Linnane.2: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lonáin or Ó Luinín ‘descendant of Luinín’ or from the rare Galway name Mac Lonáin ‘son of Lonán’ all derived from a personal name based on a diminutive of lon ‘blackbird’.3: Scottish and English: shortened form of McLennon or McLennan.

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