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Filan

Filan proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Filan (plural Filans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Filan

pluralFilans

Origin of Filan

Two main origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fialáin (“descendant of Fialán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of fial (“generous”). * Borrowed from Polish Filan, a derivative of Fila.

Questions about Filan

What does Filan mean?
Filan means a surname.
What part of speech is Filan?
Filan is a proper noun.

Words near Filan in the dictionary

  1. filamin
  2. filaminast
  3. filaminopathies
  4. filaminopathy
  5. filamins
  6. Filan
  7. filander
  8. filanders
  9. Filans
  10. filao
  11. filaos

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