The sullivan Surname
sullivan Name Meaning and History
Irish: reduced form of O’Sullivan, an Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Súileabháin ‘descendant of
Súileabhán’, a personal name composed of the elements
súil ‘eye’ + dubh ‘black’, ‘dark’ + the diminutive
suffix -án.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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