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Logan

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From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).

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Logan (countable and uncountable, plural Logans)

  1. A village east of Cumnock, East Ayrshire council area, Scotland, from lagan (“dell”) (OS grid ref NS5920).
  2. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from the village in Ayrshire.
  3. A surname from Irish, a variant of Lohan.
  4. A male given name transferred from the surname. Used since at least the 19th century, and popular in the 2000s.
    • 1782 Thomas Jefferson: Notes on the State of Virginia: ( Chief Logan's Lament )
      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.
    • 2003, Dale Alderman, Being a Dad: The Stuff No One Told Me., →ISBN, page 18:
      "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.
  5. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s and later usage; much less common than the male name.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama.
    2. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Arkansas.
    3. An unincorporated community in Brouilletts Creek Township, Edgar County, Illinois.
    4. An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana; named for nearby Logan Creek.
    5. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
    6. A city, the county seat of Harrison County, Iowa; named for Union Army general John A. Logan.
    7. A minor city in Phillips County, Kansas; named for John A. Logan.
    8. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri; named for a local family.
    9. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri; named for landowners William and Hetty E. Logan.
    10. An unincorporated community in Gallatin County, Montana; named for Capt. William Logan, who participated in the campaign against American Indians in Montana.
    11. An unincorporated community in Nebraska.
    12. A village in Quay County, New Mexico.
    13. A city, the county seat of Hocking County, Ohio; named for Mingo leader Chief Logan.
    14. A neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    15. A city, the county seat of Cache County, Utah; named for the river rising in the Bear River Mts.
    16. A city, the county seat of Logan County, West Virginia; named for Chief Logan.
    17. An unincorporated community in the town of Breed, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
    18. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Logan Township.
    19. A river in the United States, flowing from the Bear River Mountains in Idaho into the Little Bear River at Benson, Utah.
  7. A locality in the Shire of Loddon and the Shire of Northern Grampians, north western Victoria, Australia
  8. A river in Queensland, Australia; flowing from near Mount Barney into the Moreton Bay at Woongoolba.
  9. A local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia, named after Patrick Logan; in full, the City of Logan.

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