Hogan (surname)


Hogan is an Irish surname derived from Irish hÓgáin, a patronymic of Middle Irish ', meaning "a youth", in the genitive case, itself from ', "young", with a prothetic h. A surname of the same form was Anglicised as "Hagan" in Northern Ireland. Some southern bearers claim descent from an uncle of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland. Occasionally appears as an absorption of west Connacht Houghegan. Hypothetically derivable from related words in Cornish and Welsh.
People with the surname include: