# Lanigan

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A town in the Rural Municipality of Usborne, No. 210, Saskatchewan, Canada.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lonagáin (“descendant of Lonagán”), apparently a double diminutive of lon (“blackbird”), but possibly a variant of Flanagan.

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