McGorman

McGorman is a surname. It is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Gormáin, meaning "son of Gormán". The personal name Gormán is derived from the diminutive of gorm, meaning "dark blue", "noble".[1][2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Gorman Surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  2. Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames (pdf) (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 1379. ISBN 0-203-99355-1.
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