Surname Loane - Meaning and Origin

Loane: What does the surname Loane mean?

The surname Loane is an Irish and Scottish surname of Gaelic origin. It comes from the Gaelic personal name Laoidheach, which means ‘warrior’ or ‘hero’. It is believed that the surname is a variant of MacLaoghain or MacLaughlin, both of which are patronymic forms of the Gaelic name Laoidheach.

As many surnames were adopted as hereditary surnames in times of great strife in the 16th and 17th centuries, the surname Loane is likely to have been adopted during one of these times. MacLaoghain and MacLaughlin mean ‘son of Laoidheach’, and the ‘Lao’ element is thought to have been abbreviated over time to form the surname Loane.

The surname Loane is also associated with the county of Mayo in Ireland, when the Protestant Loane families, the MacLaughlins and MacLaoghains, were transplanted to that area during the Plantation period in the 16th and 17th century. This was a period of great upheaval in Ireland, and the surname Loane is thought to have been adopted as a result of it.

The surname Loane is very rare, and nowadays is thought to be mainly found in Scotland and Ireland. It is not found in other countries in as great a frequency now as it was in the past. It is a proud surname with a long heritage, and it carries the legacy of the brave Laoidheach, the warrior or hero from which it derives.

Loane: Where does the name Loane come from?

The last name Loane is most common today in the United States, Ireland, Great Britain, and Australia. It is of Irish and Scottish origin and thought to be derived from the Gaelic name Mac Giolla Fhionáin, which could be translated as "the son of Fhionáin's follower". The surname is also spelled Lane or Lann in some variations.

In Ireland, the Loane surname originates from Counties Mayo, Galway, Cork, and Donegal, mostly by a family of the same name. In Scotland, it is found primarily in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire. In the United States, the surname is most commonly found in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and California. In the United Kingdom, it is most commonly found in England, Scotland, and Wales. In Australia, the Loane surname is found in the state of New South Wales.

Although the name is fairly common today, its exact origin is difficult to trace. The earliest surviving record is found in the Red Book of the Exchequer, a study of English landholdings, which records a certain Gillenheven Lane (or Loane) held his lands in Yorkshire, England in 1202. Other records show that Lanne family members were significant landowners in other parts of England in the 15th century.

Today, Loane is widely-used name, and it spans across the UK, Ireland, United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. It is often seen as both a first name and a surname, and is used as a middle name in some cases.

Variations of the surname Loane

The surname Loane (also spelt Lone, Loan and Loaner) is a habitational name from Scotland and Northern Ireland. It originated in the Scottish Highlands and is associated with the Gaelic name Lòmhann, which is believed to have been a pre-medieval Welsh form of the name Lamont. In Northern Ireland, the name is most closely associated with Ulster-Scots, and is believed to originate from the place names Linn, Linns, and the Clan Lindsay.

Variant spellings of the surname Loane include Lone, Loan and Loaner. As the name is an Anglicization of Gaelic origin, its variant spellings have been influenced by English phonetic spellings. The same can be said for the surname Lowney, which is an Americanized pronunciation of the Gaelic surname Lowrie.

Surnames of the same origin as Loane include Lones, Lowrie, Lowney, Loban, Lowman, Lowrance, Lowne, Lowns, and Laun. These variants are also Anglicizations and phonetic spellings of Gaelic surnames, with Lowman and Lowrance also being cognate names with the Welsh surname Lamar. In Ireland, the surname Lannon is also found, which is thought to be a variant of Lowman.

Finally, in Scotland, the name Lawes is a surname derived from the Gaelic Mac Laoidhigh, which is thought to have been a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name Laidhe, which in turn is a variant of Lòmhann.

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