Where does “Honan” come from?

Honan is an English form of the Irish surname Ó hEoghanáin, whose ultimate origin and meaning remain uncertain.

Ancestry of “Honan”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Irish	Ó hEoghanáin	—
2	Irish	Eoghan	—
3	Proto-Celtic	Esugenos	—
4	Proto-Celtic	genos	family, clan; birth
5	Proto-Indo-European	ǵénh₁os	race, lineage
6	Proto-Indo-European	ǵenh₁-	to produce, to beget, to give birth