Boy's name
Cronan
“KROH-nawn”
from crón, 'dark yellow, swarthy' — 'little dark one'
The story behind the name
St Crónán founded the monastery at Roscrea in Tipperary, where the west front of his church still stands in the middle of the town. The surname Cronin comes from the same root.
Where the name belongs
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