Boy's name
Colmán
“KUL-mawn”
IPA: /kɔl̪ˠəˈmˠɑːn̪ˠ/
'little dove' — a diminutive of Colm
The story behind the name
The Irish martyrologies list well over two hundred saints called Colmán, more than any other name, including Colmán of Cloyne, a poet before he was a bishop, and Colmán of Lindisfarne, who argued for the Irish Easter at Whitby and lost.
Famous people with this name
- Colmán of Lindisfarne (AD 605–AD 675) — Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint
- Colmán of Cloyne (AD 522–AD 600) — Irish monk and poet
- Colman mac Duagh (AD 501–AD 632) — Irish saint
- Colman Pearce (born 1938) — Irish conductor and composer
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Colmán on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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