Faigyn is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Faigyn
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

A variant of the Fagan. Descendant of Pagan meaning "the rustic".

The family name Faigyn is a variant form of Fagan. the patronymical O'Hagan.

The Fagans of Feltriin, county of Cork, deduce themselves from Patrick O'Hagan, who opposed the invasion of Ireland by the Anglo-Normans in the XII. Century.

Faigyn is a variant of the O'Fagan. See Fagan - the patronymical O'Hagan.

The Fagans of Feltriin, county of Cork, deduce themselves from Patrick O'Hagan, who opposed the invasion of Ireland by the Anglo-Normans in the XII. Century

D'Alton's account is, however, different from that there given. He says, that "the family are by some considered of English descent." The name seems to have been well established in Meath in the XIII century.

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