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Mungo.

A surname.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. A surname.

  2. A male given name.

  3. A locality in the Balranald council area, south-western New South Wales, Australia.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Mungo. This was the nickname of Kentigern, better known as Saint Mungo, the founder and patron saint of Glasgow, and possibly comes from the Cumbric equivalent of the Welsh fy nghu (“my dear (one)”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.