Boy's name
Cuán
“KOO-awn”
from cú, 'hound' — 'little hound'; also 'harbour' in modern Irish
The story behind the name
A name of early saints that has been quietly revived, helped by the fact that cuan also means harbour in everyday Irish — so it reads as both 'little wolfhound' and 'haven'.
Surnames built on this name
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