English: occupational name for a deacon, or perhaps more
probably for his servant. In Middle English two forms coalesced:
deakne, from Old English, and diacne, from Old
French. Both are ultimately from Late Latin diaconus, from
Greek diakonos ‘servant’.Irish: when not of English
origin; it was taken to Ireland in the 17th century, it may be an
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deocáin ‘descendant of
Deocán’, a personal name of uncertain derivation and
meaning.
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