The name Allihan has a long
Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name comes from when a family lived in the place named Allingham, which was in
Kent.
Allingham is a compound name, composed of the Old English elements
Alling, which means
holly, and
ham, which means
homestead. Thus,
Allingham means
holly homestead. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print Early Origins of the Allihan family
The surname Allihan was first found in
Kent where they were Lords of the manor of Allingham.
[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Early History of the Allihan family
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Allihan Spelling Variations
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few
hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Allihan have been found, including Alingham, Allingham, Hallingham, Allighan and many more.
Early Notables of the Allihan family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Allihan family to Ireland
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Migration of the Allihan family to the New World and Oceana
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in
England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in
England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Allihan, or a variant listed above: Walter Alinham who settled in Barbados in 1704. In Newfoundland, James Allingham, from County
Donegal, settled in St. John's in 1834; William Allingham was a fisherman of the Brandy Islands in 1869.