Flanagan

• Flanagin, Flannagan, Flanigan, Flannigan

From Irish Ó Flannagáin (“descendant of Flannagán”), a personal name from a double diminutive of flann (“blood red”).

Flanagan (countable and uncountable)

1. A surname from Irish.
   • 2025 August 15, Jusolyn Flower, “Assistant attorney general arrested in Newport”, in WPRI‎^[1]:

     According to the attorney general’s office, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan was arrested. She has worked for the office for about seven years and is currently assigned to the Appellate Unit of the Criminal Division.

2. A village in Livingston County, Illinois, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Flanagan is the 1134^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 30887 individuals. Flanagan is most common among White (88.84%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Flanagan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.