# Dugan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #34,466

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhagáin (“descendant of Dubhagán”), a personal name based on a double diminutive of dubh (“black”).

## Easily confused with
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-dun)
- **Dunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-dunn)
- **duma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-duma)
- **dura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-dura)
- **Dylan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-dylan)
- **Duran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-duran)
- **Duval** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-duval)
- **Durga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-durga)
- **Duncan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-duncan)
- **durant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-durant)
- **Durban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-durban)
- **Duggan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-duggan)
- **Durand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-durand)
- **durian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dugan-vs-durian)
- **dan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dan-vs-dugan)
- **dug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dug-vs-dugan)
- **dua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dua-vs-dugan)
- **dean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dean-vs-dugan)
- **dual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dual-vs-dugan)
- **Dubai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dubai-vs-dugan)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ddugan`, `dguan`, `duagn`, `dugann`, `dugna`, `udgan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dugan