Ó Catháin

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oː ˈkahɑːnʲ/

Proper noun

Ó Catháin m (genitive Uí Chatháin)

1. a male surname originating as a patronymic, feminine equivalent Ní Chatháin

Coordinate terms

• Cathánach (“person named Ó Catháin”)

Descendants

• English: Keane, Kane, Caine, O'Kane, Cain, etc.

Further reading

• MacLysaght, Edward (1985), “(O) Kane, O Cahan”, in The Surnames of Ireland, sixth edition, Dublin: Irish Academic Press, →ISBN, page 170; reprinted 1999