Noonan
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (surname): Nunan
Etymology
[edit]Anglicization of Irish Ó hIonmhaineáin, from Ionmhaineán, a given name derived from the diminutive of Ionmhain (“beloved, dear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Noonan (countable and uncountable, plural Noonans)
- A surname from Irish.
- A small community of New Brunswick, Canada.
- A ghost town in Ralls County, Missouri, United States.
- A city in Divide County, North Dakota, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Noonan is the 2711th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13286 individuals. Noonan is most common among White (94.9%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Noonan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 676.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Irish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Irish
- en:Villages in New Brunswick
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in New Brunswick
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Ghost towns in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in North Dakota, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in North Dakota, USA