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carnahan

/kˈɑɹnəhæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
car-na-han
IPA
/kˈɑɹnəhæn/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearnacháin (“descendant of Cearnachán”), a personal name from cearnach (“victorious”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Cearnacháin

Inflected Forms

Carnahans (plural) Carnathan (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce carnahan?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɑɹnəhæn/.
What does carnahan mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does carnahan come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce carnahan

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