Gaham is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Ireland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gaham
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland, Ireland
Meaning:

A variant form of the Geoghegan. The sept claim descent from Fiachra, one of the sons of Nial of the Nine Hostages, monarch of Ireland in the fifth century. Their territory was called Kinel-Fiacha, and extended over the tract now called the barony of Moycashel, with parts of those of Moyashell, Rathcourath, and Fertullagh, in Westmeath, within which they erected various castles, the chief being at Castle-town-Geoghegan near Kil beggan, whose wide site is marked on the Ordnance Survey.

Lastname is a form of Geoghegan. The son of little Eochaidh meaning "racing horse".

Family name is variation of Gaughan. Descendant of little Gaibhteach meaning "plaintive".

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