Frequency: (1626)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Irish and Scottish (mainly Galloway): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’, a byname from draighneán ‘blackthorn’.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
