Where does “Vaughn” come from?

Vaughn derives from Welsh bychan, which comes from Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic bikkos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, a diminutive suffix meaning small.

Ancestry of “Vaughn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishVaughan
2WelshVychan
3Welshbychansmall; little
4Middle Welshbych
5Proto-Brythonicbɨxsmall
6Proto-Celtic*biggossmall, little

Words derived from “Vaughn

Every word from Proto-Celtic *biggos