Boy's name
Connlaodh
“KON-lay”
connla, 'prudent, chaste', and aodh, 'fire'
The story behind the name
The name of the patron of the diocese of Kildare. Woulfe notes it is written Conlaid in the Book of Armagh. In English it is Conleth.
Where the name belongs
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