Ó Lachtnáin was the name of as many as eight
Gaelic
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Irish families, located in
Connacht
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Munster
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The Gaelic
personal name
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''Lachtnán'' is derived from ''lachtna'' ("
gray
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It is now found as Loughnan, Loughnane, Laughnan, Loughman, Loftus.
In the Scottish islands of Orkney, the name may be the root of the anglicised version of the name Laughton which has been recorded in records as Lachtane and Lauchtain from the 1494 kings records.
Another potential variation or indeed origin of the name ''Lachtnán'' is the Manx word "Loaghtan" which refers to the grey tinted colour described as "mouse brown". On the Isle of Man a distinctive breed of sheep is called "The Manx Loaghtan" in reference to its wool colour. The word Loaghtan is described in some sources as pronounced Lochtan and this reinforces the root word "Lachtna" meaning Grey.
See also
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Lawton, within
County Cork
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''Lawton'' is an Anglicised form of ''Ó Lachtnáin''.
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Lough
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch.
In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...
, Anglicised form of ''Ó Lachtnáin''.
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Loughman, Anglicised form of ''Ó Lachtnáin''.
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Loughney, Anglicised form of ''Ó Lachtná''.
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Loughlin
The surname Loughlin has several origins. In some cases it a form of the surname '' McLaughlin'' (derived from the Irish ''Mac Lochlainn''). In other cases, ''Loughlin'' is a form of ''O'Loughlin'' (derived from the Irish '' Ó Lachtnáin'').
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, in some cases ''Loughlin'' is a variant of ''O'Loughlin''.
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O'Loughlin
The surname O'Loughlin is an Anglicised form of the Irish ''Ó Lochlainn'' meaning "descendant of ''Lochlann''".
People with the surname
* Alex O'Loughlin (born 1976), Australia-born actor
* Charlie O'Loughlin, English football defender
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References
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