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Answer:
It has both, but the
likelihood is that the name came to Scotland via Ireland. The earliest recorded
instance of the name in Scotland is in 1296 "Macrath ap Molegan of
Wyggetone" in south-east Scotland.
The Gaelic form of the
name is 'Maolagan' (in Old Irish 'Mael ecan') meaning 'the little bald or shaven
one' which may have referred to the tonsure of the Celtic monks.
Variations of the name
'Milligan' are: Milliken, Millikin, Millican, Mullikin.
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