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Inghean Surname Definition:
INGHEAN: Gaelic 'daughter,' corruptly nighean, Old Irish ingen, cognate with Latin indigena. The word occurs in the bilingual inscription of Eglwys Cymmun, Wales: Inigena Cunigni Avittoriges-Avittoria filia Cunigni (Therneysen, Handbuch des alt Irischen, p.
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INGHEAN: Gaelic 'daughter,' corruptly nighean, Old Irish ingen, cognate with Latin indigena. The word occurs in the bilingual inscription of Eglwys Cymmun, Wales: Inigena Cunigni Avittoriges-Avittoria filia Cunigni (Therneysen, Handbuch des alt Irischen, p. 180). The word means 'the inborn.' in the public records it appears as nean, nein, nin. See Nin.
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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