The

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

O'Loughlin is an

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form of the Irish ''

Ó Lochlainn Ó Lochlainn and Ua Lochlainn are Irish surnames. They are patronymic forms of the personal name ''Lochlann''. The surnames have been borne by several Irish families, such as the Uí Lochlainn, and the Meic Lochlainn. A variant form of ''Ó Loch ...

'' meaning "descendant of ''

Lochlann In the modern Gaelic languages, () signifies Scandinavia or, more specifically, Norway. As such it is cognate with the Welsh name for Scandinavia, (). In both old Gaelic and old Welsh, such names literally mean 'land of lakes' or 'land of sw ...

''". According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Loughlins were a chiefly family of the Corco Modhruadh tribe who in turn came from the

Erainn The Iverni (, ') were a people of early Ireland first mentioned in Ptolemy's 2nd century ''Geography'' as living in the extreme south-west of the island. He also locates a "city" called Ivernis (, ') in their territory, and observes that this se ...

tribe who were the second wave of

Celts The Celts ( , see Names of the Celts#Pronunciation, pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European languages, Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apoge ...

to settle in Ireland from about 500 to 100 BC.

People with the surname

Alex O'Loughlin Alex O'Loughlin (born 24 August 1976) is an Australian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on CBS' remake of the TV series ''Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), Hawaii Five-0'' (2010–2020). He had starri ...

(born 1976), Australia-born actor * Charlie O'Loughlin (born 1989), English football defender * Chris O'Loughlin (fencer) (born 1967), American Olympic fencer *

David O'Loughlin David O'Loughlin (born 29 April 1978 in County Mayo, Ireland) is an Irish former professional cyclist, who rode at the World Championship (in both Road and Track disciplines) and Olympic levels, and won Ireland's first UCI World Cup Track med ...

, Irish cyclist *

Gerald S. O'Loughlin Gerald Stuart O'Loughlin Jr. (December 23, 1921 – July 31, 2015) was an American television, stage, and film actor and director who was primarily known for playing tough-talking and rough-looking characters. He is best known for Ed Ryker on ''T ...

(1921–2015), American actor * Harold J. O'Loughlin (1900–1968), American lawyer, businessman, and politician *

Keiron O'Loughlin Keiron O'Loughlin (born 13 March 1953) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played for Wigan, Workington Town, Widnes, Salford and Leigh. He is the father of England and Great Britain international Sean O'Loughlin ...

, (born 1953), English professional rugby league footballer *

Jack O'Loughlin (Australian footballer) John Joseph O'Loughlin (10 August 1873 – 8 August 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and St Kilda and an umpire in the Victorian Football League (VFL). O'Loughlin started his career at Footscray, while they we ...

(1873–1960) *

Laurence O'Loughlin Laurence Theodore O'Loughlin (21 February 1854 – 25 January 1927) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Frome from 1890 to 1902 and Burra Burra from 1902 to 1918. He represented the Libe ...

(1854–1927), South Australian politician *

Marina O'Loughlin Marina O'Loughlin is a British journalist, writer and restaurant critic. Career O'Loughlin was the regular weekly restaurant reviewer in the London '' Metro'' from 2006 to 2012, before moving to ''The Guardian'', where she took over from Joh ...

, British journalist, writer and restaurant critic *

Michael O'Loughlin Michael Kevin O'Loughlin (born 20 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who played his entire Australian Football League career with the Sydney Swans. O'Loughlin was named a member of the Indigenous Team of the ...

(born 1977), Australian rules footballer *

Sean O'Loughlin Sean O'Loughlin (born 24 November 1982) is an English rugby league coach and former professional rugby league footballer. He is an assistant coach of Wigan Warriors where he spent his entire playing career, playing as a loose forward for the ...

(born 1982), English professional rugby league footballer *

Silk O'Loughlin Francis H. "Silk" O'Loughlin (August 15, 1872 – December 20, 1918) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1902 to 1918. He umpired in the World Series in 1906, 1909, 1912, 1915 and 1917, serving as ...

(1872–1918), American baseball umpire *

Thomas O'Loughlin Thomas O'Loughlin (born 1958, Dublin) is Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham. He earned a BA, MPhil, PhD (NUI), STB (Maynooth) and DD hon.c (Bangor). Career Tom studied for his BA in Philosophy and Medieval Histo ...

, Professor of Historical Theology *

Vanessa O'Loughlin Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin is an Irish literary coach. She also writes under the pen name ''Sam Blake''. Career In 2006, Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin moved from a career in event management to self-employment, founding Inkwell Writers Workshops to run f ...

, British-born writer and literary agent

Families

O'Loughlin Farrell family The O'Loughlin Farrell family of Wigan, England have produced a number of notable rugby league and rugby union footballers. The majority of those players started their professional careers at their home club, Wigan Warriors, and many have gone on t ...

, includes the above Keiron and Sean

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People with the surname

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