Where does “Honan” come from?

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

Honan (English): in its various senses

Definitions

  1. in its various senses

Ancestry of “Honan”, step by step

Honan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish Ó hEoghanáin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IrishÓ hEoghanáin—
2IrishEoghan—
3Proto-CelticEsugenos—
4Proto-Celticgenosfamily, clan; birth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Cornish onan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishonanone
2Proto-Celticoinosone
3Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Chinese Mandarin 河南

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin河南—

Words derived from “Honan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os →Every word from Proto-Celtic genos →