Flanagan

English

Alternative forms

• Flanagin, Flannagan, Flanigan, Flannigan

Etymology

From Irish Ó Flannagáin (“descendant of Flannagán”), a personal name from a double diminutive of flann (“blood red”).

Proper noun

Flanagan (countable and uncountable, plural Flanagans)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A village in Livingston County, Illinois, United States.

Derived terms

• Flanagan Island

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Flanagan is the 1134^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 30887 individuals. Flanagan is most common among White (88.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Flanagan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.