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Vaughn

  • /vɔːn/

Where it comes from

A variant of Vaughan, from Welsh bychan (“small”).

proper noun Vaughns

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Welsh.
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countable, rare, uncountable A female given name transferred from the surname.
  4. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, named after Robert Vaughn (Montana rancher).
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, named after civil engineer George W. Vaughn.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, probably named after Roland Vaughn.
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, named after settler W. D. Vaughn.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: vaughan, fon, steck, ainsworth, von, vaughns, waugh, voyles, gwynne, faughn, bevan, wales, wynn, vause, gwilliam, vaux

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MLA

"Vaughn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vaughn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Vaughn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vaughn

Chicago

"Vaughn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vaughn.

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@misc{vaughn_2026,
  title = {Vaughn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vaughn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}