Ryan Surname History (Origin & Meaning) with Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Instant Download

Ryan Surname History (Origin & Meaning) with Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Instant Download (Ancient Parchment)

Ryan Surname History (Origin & Meaning) with Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Instant Download

Origin & Meaning: An Anglicisation of the Old Gaelic Ó Maoilriain and Ó Maoilriaghain, from the personal name Maolriain. From ‘maol’ or the Irish pagan ‘mal’, meaning ‘chief’, which is related to the Welsh ‘mail’, meaning ‘hero’, and the ancient ‘rian’, an Old Irish word for ‘water’, to mean ‘a water deity’ or ‘worshippers of
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O’Brien Surname History (Origin & Meaning) with Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Instant Download

O’Brien Surname History (Origin & Meaning) with Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Instant Download (Ancient Parchment)

O’Brien Surname History (Origin & Meaning) with Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Instant Download

Origin & Meaning: From the Irish Gaelic Ó Briain, which means ‘descendant of Brian’. The given name Brian means ‘hillman’, or more specifically, ‘high and noble’ or ‘exalted one’, and derives from the Celtic word ‘bre’, meaning ‘hill’.
Arms (shown here): A red shield with three lions passant guardant in pale, each divided in
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