Vaughan and Vaughn are surnames, originally
Welsh, though also used as a form of the Irish surname
McMahon.[1]Vaughan derives from the Welsh word bychan, meaning "small", and so corresponds to the English name
Little and the
Breton cognate
Bihan. The word
mutates to
Fychan (Welsh:[ˈvəχan]) an identifier for a younger sibling or next of kin. It can also be used as a first name
Vaughan (given name).
^MacLysaght, Edward (1985). Irish families: Their Names, Arms, and Origins. Irish Academic Press.
ISBN978-0-7165-2364-2.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameVaughan. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
Vaughan and Vaughn are surnames, originally
Welsh, though also used as a form of the Irish surname
McMahon.[1]Vaughan derives from the Welsh word bychan, meaning "small", and so corresponds to the English name
Little and the
Breton cognate
Bihan. The word
mutates to
Fychan (Welsh:[ˈvəχan]) an identifier for a younger sibling or next of kin. It can also be used as a first name
Vaughan (given name).
^MacLysaght, Edward (1985). Irish families: Their Names, Arms, and Origins. Irish Academic Press.
ISBN978-0-7165-2364-2.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameVaughan. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.