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{{Infobox given name |
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| name = Logan |
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| gender = feminine, masculine |
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| language = English |
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| languageorigin = Gaelic |
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| derivation = ''lag'' |
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| meaning = "hollow" |
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The [[given name]] '''Logan''' is derived from the [[Scottish surname]] ''Logan'', which is in turn derived from a place name.<ref name="H-172">{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |authorlink1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=172 }}.</ref> The likely origin of this surname is a place located near [[Auchinleck]], in [[Ayrshire]].<ref name="H-172"/><ref name="A-logan">{{citation |url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Logan-family-history.ashx |title=Logan Family History |publisher=[[Ancestry.com]] |accessdate=20 September 2012 }}. This webpage cited: {{citation |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }}.</ref> The place name is derived from the [[Gaelic language|Gaelic]] ''lagan'', which is a [[diminutive]] of ''lag'', which in turn means "hollow".<ref name="A-logan"/> The given name is borne by males and females.<ref name="H-172"/> |
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The given name was the 17th most popular name for baby boys born in the United States in 2007 and was the 455th most popular name for baby girls born there in 2007. It was the 54th most popular name for baby boys born in [[England]] and [[Wales]] in 2007 and was the 12th most popular name for boys born in Scotland in 2007 and the fourth most popular in 2009. It was also among the top 100 most popular names for boys in [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[France]] and [[Belgium]] in the last five years.<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/logan Behind the Name]</ref> |
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==People with the name== |
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*[[Logan Bailly]], Belgian football player |
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*[[Logan Bartholomew]], American actor |
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*[[Logan Edwin Bleckley]], American lawyer and jurist |
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*[[Logan Browning]], American actress |
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*[[Logan Couture]], Canadian hockey player |
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*[[Logan Henderson]], American actor and singer |
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*[[Logan Kanapathi]], Canadian local politician |
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*[[Logan Kensing]], Major League Baseball player |
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*[[Logan Lerman]], American actor |
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*[[Logan Mader]], Canadian heavy metal guitarist |
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*[[Logan Mankins]], American football player |
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*[[Logan Marshall-Green]], American actor |
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*[[Logan Martinez]], American local politician |
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*[[Logan Miller]], American actor |
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*[[Logan O'Brien]], American actor |
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*[[Logan Pause]], Major League Soccer player |
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*[[Logan Ramsey]], American character actor |
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*[[Logan Pearsall Smith]], American essayist and critic |
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*[[Logan Sama]], UK grime DJ |
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*[[Logan Swann]], New Zealand rugby league player |
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*[[Logan Tom]], indoor and beach volleyball player, four-time Olympian |
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*[[Logan West]], Miss Teen USA 2012 |
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*[[Logan Whitehurst]], American musician |
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==Fictional characters== |
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* Logan 3, character in the 1967 novel ''[[Logan's Run]]'', by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson |
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* Logan 5, character in the science fiction film ''[[Logan's Run (film)|Logan's Run]]'' and the [[Logan's Run (TV series)|spin-off TV series]] |
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* [[Logan Echolls]], character in the television series ''Veronica Mars'' |
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* [[Logan Cale]], character in the television series ''Dark Angel'' |
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* [[Logan Grimnar]], Space Marine in the tabletop game, ''Warhammer 40,000'' |
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* [[Logan Hayes]], character on the soap opera ''General Hospital'' |
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* [[Logan Huntzberger]], character in the television series ''Gilmore Girls'' |
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* Logan Keller, counter-terrorist operator and squad leader in the ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six]]'' video game franchise |
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* King Logan, a character in the [[Fable III]] video game. |
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* Logan Mitchell, character in the television series ''[[Big Time Rush]]'' |
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* Logan Hunter, character in the television series ''[[Shake It Up (TV series)|Shake It Up]]'' |
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* Logan, alias of the X-Men character, [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] |
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* Logan Gyre, character in the fantasy novels ''[[The Night Angel Trilogy]]'', by [[Brent Weeks]] |
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* Logan Reese, a character in the Nickelodeon Live Action series ''[[Zoey 101]]'' |
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* Big Hat Logan, a character in the video game ''[[Dark Souls]]'' |
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==See also== |
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*[[Logan (disambiguation)]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{given name}} |
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[[Category:Masculine given names]] |
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[[Category:Feminine given names]] |
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Revision as of 19:44, 4 December 2014
Logan means loser in german. kdmsdlkfglsdvlrjgjsldf