Cronan: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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What Cronan means

If your family name is Cronan, its origin lies with Cronin, a long-established Irish surname. Taken at its root, Cronan points to “Descendant of the swarthy one”.

How the spelling arose

Records show Cronan as one of the forms Cronin took over time. The same family of names includes O'Cronin and Croneen.

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