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Surname Etymology and Meaning of MANGAN

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mongáin ‘descendant of Mongán’, originally a byname for someone with a luxuriant head of hair (from mong ‘hair’, ‘mane’), borne by families from Connacht, County Limerick, and Tyrone. It is also a Huguenot name, traced back to immigrants from Metz.
2. Irish: see Manning.
3. English (of Norman origin): nickname for a glutton, from Old French manger ‘to eat’.
4. English: occupational name from old Spanish mangón ‘small trader’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)