Duggan
/ˈdʌɡən/noun
Duggan is an Irish surname, an anglicized form of Ó Dubhagáin.
Did you know?The name derives from Irish dubh, meaning “black” or “dark,” a color-word also used historically in personal names and descriptions of hair, complexion, and clothing.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰewbʰ-os
“Reconstructed root associated with “deep” and “dark”; the precise relationship is scholarly reconstruction, not a surviving spoken form.”
Proto-Celtic
Proto-Celtic
*dubus
“Dark or black.”
Old Irish
Old Irish
dub
“Black, dark, or swarthy.”
Medieval Irish
Irish
Dubhagán
“A personal name formed from dubh, “dark,” with the diminutive suffix -án: “little dark one.””
Medieval Irish
Irish
Ó Dubhagáin
“Descendant of Dubhagán.”
Modern English
English
Duggan
“The anglicized Irish surname derived from Ó Dubhagáin.”