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By Clare Green · Jul 2026

Mulligan

OriginIrish
Meaning"descendent of the bald-headed"
GenderBoy
NB Rank#7061

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Famous Mulligans

  • Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan

    American jazz saxophonist

  • Carey Hannah Mulligan

    English actress

  • Hercules Mulligan

    a tailor spying on the British government during the Revolutionary War

Mulligan in pop culture

  • "Mulligans

    " 2008 movie

  • Malachi "Buck" Mulligan

    character in "Ulysses" by James Joyce

  • Mulligan

    incompetent commander in 1970 film "Kelly's Heroes"

  • "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel"

    children's book by Virginia Lee Burton

  • "Mulligan Stew

    " postmodern novel by Gilbert Sorrentino

  • Mulligan

    term for a do,over shot in golf

  • Mulligan stew

    traditional hobo dish

  • Mulligan's

    famous Irish pub

Mulligan in blog posts

Literary Names: Fitzgerald names beyond the great Gatsby

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