Logan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈloʊɡən/
rhymes: -oʊɡən
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Ayrshire, Scotland, from lagan (“dell”).
glosses: A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from the town in Ayrshire.
glosses: A surname from Irish, a variant of Lohan.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1782 Thomas Jefferson: Notes on the State of Virginia: ( Chief Logan's Lament )
text: "How about Logan?"
"That's it. The perfect name!" I exclaimed. Starla liked the name, and I thought it was exceedingly cool because one of the most exciting characters in the X-Men comics is also named Logan (nicknamed Wolverine). - - - I didn't tell Starla about the comic book connection because she would probably think I was being stupid.
ref: 2003, Dale Alderman, Being a Dad: The Stuff No One Told Me., →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname. Used since at least the 19th century, and popular in the 2000s.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s and later usage; much less common than the male name.
glosses: 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.
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A neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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A city, the county seat of Hocking County, Ohio; named for Mingo leader Chief Logan.
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A city, the county seat of Logan County, West Virginia; named for Chief Logan.
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A city, the county seat of Harrison County, Iowa; named for Union Army general John A. Logan.
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A village in New Mexico.
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A city in Kansas; named for John A. Logan.
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A river in the United States; flowing from the Bear River Mountains in Idaho into the Little Bear River at Benson, Utah.
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An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana; named for nearby Logan Creek.
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An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
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An unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri; named for a local family.
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An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri; named for landowners William and Hetty E. Logan.
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An unincorporated community in Montana; named for Capt. William Logan, who participated in the campaign against American Indians in Montana.
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An unincorporated community in Nebraska.
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An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
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A number of townships in the United States, listed under Logan Township.
glosses: A locality in Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A river in Queensland, Australia; flowing from near Mount Barney into the Moreton Bay at Woongoolba.
glosses: A local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia, named after Patrick Logan; in full, the City of Logan.
Derived terms: loganberry
Logan bread
Logan County
Logansport
Logan Square
Mount Logan