Vaughan (surname)


Vaughan and Vaughn are surnames, originally Welsh, though also used as a form of the Irish surname McMahon. Vaughan derives from the Welsh word bychan, meaning "small", and so corresponds to the English name Little and the Breton cognate Bihan. The word mutates to fychan Fychan literally means "small", but also "junior" or "younger".
Contemporary variations indicate that Vaughn means “little friend”.
People with the surname Vaughan or Vaughn include:

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