Boy's name
Conán
“KON-awn”
IPA: /ˈkɔnˠanˠ/
an old name of uncertain meaning, often linked to cú, 'hound'
The story behind the name
The name of at least six Irish saints, among them St Conan of Assaroe in Donegal, a kinsman of Colmcille venerated on 8 March. Conán Maol is also the loud-mouthed, bald-headed comic of the Fianna.
Where the name belongs
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