Hanlon
Ó hAnluain · descendant of Anluan
Hanlon is Ó hAnluain in Irish, said oh HAN-loon, and means descendant of Anluan.
Anluan is read as great hound or great champion. Lords of Orior in Armagh, and Redmond O’Hanlon was the most famous rapparee in Ireland until he was shot in his sleep in 1681.
How it changes
- A man: Ó hAnluain
- His daughter: Ní Anluain
- A woman who married into it: Bean Uí Anluain
- The family together: Uí Anluain
Where it comes from
Armagh
Also spelt
Hanlon, O’Hanlon, Hanlin
A name, not a pedigree
This is where the name came from, which is not the same as where you came from. Names were translated, anglicised, taken on by tenants and neighbours, and carried in by settlers who were no relation to the family that started them. To follow your own line, the 1901 and 1911 censuses are free and searchable, and give the county each person was born in.