McCavana
English
Alternative forms
- Cavanah
Etymology
Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac an Mhanaigh (“son of the monk”), from manach (“monk”).
Proper noun
McCavana (plural McCavanas)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, McCavana is the 1959th most common surname in the Northern Ireland, belonging to 132 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCavana”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.
- Forebears