Where does “Vaughan” come from?

Vaughan is an English surname derived from Welsh Vychan, from Welsh bychan, ultimately from Proto-Celtic bikkos, a diminutive suffix related to Proto-Indo-European -kos.

Ancestry of “Vaughan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1WelshVychan
2Welshbychansmall; little
3Middle Welshbych
4Proto-Brythonicbɨxsmall
5Proto-Celtic*biggossmall, little

Words derived from “Vaughan

Every word from Proto-Celtic *biggos
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