Boy's name
Coinneach
“KUN-yakh”
'fair one'
The story behind the name
The name of St Canice, Cainnech of Aghaboe (515/16–600), one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, who also preached to the Picts in Scotland, where he is known as St Kenneth. Woulfe calls him the patron of Kilkenny, and gives Cainneach as the older form of the name.
Where the name belongs
Meanings follow Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names and Woulfe; pronunciations give the commonest Irish-English form. Know this name better — a dialect pronunciation, a family tradition? Tell us. · All Irish names A–Z