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Surname Etymology and Meaning of GUINAN

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Irish: reduced Anglicized form of two distinct Gaelic names, which have now become confused: Ó Cuinneáin ‘descendant of Cuinneán’, a personal name from a diminutive of conn ‘chief’, and Ó Cuineáin ‘descendant of Cuineán’, a personal name from a diminutive of cana ‘whelp’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)