Hogan
Ó hÓgáin · descendant of Ógán
Hogan is Ó hÓgáin in Irish, said oh HOH-gawn, and means descendant of Ógán.
Óg means young, so Ógán is the youth. The family came from the same stock as the O’Briens and held land near Nenagh.
How it changes
- A man: Ó hÓgáin
- His daughter: Ní Ógáin
- A woman who married into it: Bean Uí Ógáin
- The family together: Uí Ógáin
Where it comes from
Tipperary and Clare
Also spelt
Hogan, O’Hogan, Hogane
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.