Details for the forename Iagan

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Iagan (male)


Variants:	Egan (M)
Diminutive for:	Aodh (M)
Derivative(s):	Kegan (M)
Derivative of:	Aodhagán (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Scottish Gaelic, a diminutive of Aodh, Celtic "fire". The older spelling was Aodhagán. ONC notes that Iagan gave rise to the surname Mac Iagain which is Anglicized as MacKeegan. From this the surname Kegan was developed and one can hypothesise that the forename Kegan is derived from this source, although ONC is silent on this latter forename.