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cavan Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caomháin, ‘son of Caomhán (Kevin)’, a diminutive of the personal name Caomh (see O’Keefe).
  2. Irish: in some cases perhaps an alternative Anglicization of Caomhánach (see Kavanagh).
  3. Filipino or other Southeast Asian: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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cavan Family Facts

Distribution of cavan Families in the US in 1920
Number of cavan families
 8-13
 3-7		 1-2
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Threads: 17 - Messages: 32
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Cavan quigbg1 3
Cavan/Caven/Cavin origin four750 0
Daniel Cavan born c.1853, Glasgow coxie72 0
Daniel Cavan born c.1853, Glasgow coxie72 0
Nathaniel Cavan died 1824 in Kirkgunzeon Parish Joy 2
Cavan from Kircudbrightshire area Scotland quigbg1 3
MC DOWELLS of County Cavan Alice Paige 0
ancestry in cavan donrose20 0
Mertis Coffin Keller S Ketelsen 0
Cavan family Amanda Cavan 2
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