Cavanah Family History
Cavanah Name Meaning
Irish:: with stress on the first syllable this is a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Caomhánach see Kavanagh . alternatively with stress on -van- this is a shortened form of McCavana from Mac an Mhanaigh ‘son of the monk’ (from manach ‘monk’). This was a Mayo surname also Anglicized by translation as Monk and Monks .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022