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Logan

//ˈloʊɡən// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in Ayrshire, Scotland, from lagan (“dell”).
  2. 2
    A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from the town in Ayrshire.
  3. 3
    A surname from Irish, a variant of Lohan.
  4. 4
    A male given name transferred from the surname. Used since at least the 19th century, and popular in the 2000s.

    "Col. Cresop, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. - - - Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? No one."

  5. 5
    A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s and later usage; much less common than the male name.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Cache County, Utah; named for the river rising in the Bear River Mts.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Hocking County, Ohio; named for Mingo leader Chief Logan.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Logan County, West Virginia; named for Chief Logan.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Harrison County, Iowa; named for Union Army general John A. Logan.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in New Mexico.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Kansas; named for John A. Logan.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A river in the United States; flowing from the Bear River Mountains in Idaho into the Little Bear River at Benson, Utah.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana; named for nearby Logan Creek.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri; named for a local family.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri; named for landowners William and Hetty E. Logan.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Montana; named for Capt. William Logan, who participated in the campaign against American Indians in Montana.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Nebraska.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Logan Township.
  17. 22
    A locality in the Shire of Loddon and the Shire of Northern Grampians, north western Victoria, Australia
  18. 23
    A river in Queensland, Australia; flowing from near Mount Barney into the Moreton Bay at Woongoolba.
  19. 24
    A local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia, named after Patrick Logan; in full, the City of Logan.
Noun
  1. 1
    A rocking or balanced stone.
  2. 2
    A pokelogan. Maine

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably cognate with Danish logre, "to wag the tail".

Etymology 2

Shortening of pokelogan.

Etymology 3

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).

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