McGorman

McGorman

McGorman is a surname. It is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Gormáin, meaning "son of Gormán". The personal name Gormán is derived from the diminutive of gorm, meaning "dark blue", "noble".[1][2]

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  1. ^ a b c "The Gorman Surname". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Gorman-family-history.ashx. Retrieved 13 March 2009. 
  2. ^ Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006) (pdf). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 1379. ISBN 0-203-99355-1. 

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