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lenahan

/lˈɛnəhæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
lena-han
IPA
/lˈɛnəhæn/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leanacháin (“descendant of Leanachán”), probably derived from leann (“cloak”) and not from léanach (“sorrowful”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Leanacháin

Inflected Forms

Lenahans (plural) Lenaghan (alternative) Leneghan (alternative) Lenehan (alternative)

Rhymes With

mcclenahan

Questions

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

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