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Kavanagh

in the US

There are 4,720 people with the last name "Kavanagh" in the United States.

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Kavanagh 5,747
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  5. is 5,747th most common Kavanagh
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  9. is 5,751st most common Cronk

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kavanaugh, Kavan, Kava, Kovanis, Kivanc, Kavadas, Kovanda, Kavalauskas, Kaval, Kavandi

Most Common First Names for Kavanagh

John, James, Michael, Thomas, Mary, William, Kevin, Brian, Joseph, Patrick

Meaning & History

Irish:

  • 1. in Wexford, an Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Caomhánach ‘son of Caomhán’ (see Kevin). MacLysaght says that this is a famous branch of the MacMurroughs. The name is said to have been acquired from the first Kavanagh having been fostered by a follower of St. Caomhán.
  • 2. Anglicization of Gaelic Mac an Mhanaigh ‘son of the monk’, from manach ‘monk’, a rare Mayo surname.

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