Faloon Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Fallon surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

The meaning behind Faloon

The last name Faloon is another written form of Fallon, an Irish family name. Name scholars give the meaning as “Descendant of Fallamhan (ruler)”.

Faloon writes “o” in place of the “l” found in Fallon, a common scribal difference. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. You may also find the name written Falloon and O'Fallon. In the 2010 US Census, 356 Americans gave Faloon as their last name (rank 57,234). That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames.

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