"Filan" meaning in All languages combined

See Filan on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Filans [plural]
Etymology: Two main origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fialáin (“descendant of Fialán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of fial (“generous”). * Borrowed from Polish Filan, a derivative of Fila. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Ó Fialáin||descendant of Fialán}} Irish Ó Fialáin (“descendant of Fialán”), {{bor|en|pl|Filan}} Polish Filan Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Filan (plural Filans)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Filan-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English surnames

Inflected forms

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