Canavan
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Canavan is a surname, of Irish origin and may have two translations, both Anglicized:
1. "White Head" from O'Ceanndubhain Sept who were hereditary physicians to the O'Flahertys of Connemara. Whitehead and Whitelock are sometimes used in Galway Spelling variations include: Canovan, O'Canavan, Canaman, Kinevan, Kinavan, Kanavan, O'Kennevain.
2. "Black Head" from uiCeanndubhain - descendant of the dark haired one. a byname meaning ‘little black-headed one’, from ceann ‘head’ + dubh ‘black’ + the diminutive suffix -án.[1][2][3][4]
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- Elizabeth Canavan
- Marie Paul Canavan
- Brian Canavan
- Dennis Canavan
- Jim Canavan
- Katherine Canavan
- Michael Noel Canavan
- Myrtelle Canavan
- Pascal Canavan
- Pat Canavan
- Peter Canavan
- Peter P. Canavan
- Trudi Canavan
- John Canavan
- David Canavan
Gerard Canavan
[edit] Titanic sinking
Two Canavans died during the Titanic disaster, Patrick Canavan and Mary Canavan, both of County Mayo.[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Surnames of the United Kingdom, A Concise Etymological Dictionary; Henry Harrison; Vol.1 & 2.; The Eaton Press, 190 Ebury Street, London, S.W; 1912.
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
- ^ http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=O%27Canavan
- ^ http://www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/origin/c/canavan.php
- ^ Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
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