How do you pronounce Cuimín?

Cuimín is pronounced “KWIM-een”. Irish has three main dialect groups (Ulster, Connacht and Munster) and many names are said differently in each. The respellings here give the pronunciation most commonly heard in Irish English; where a well-known variant exists, both are shown.

What does the name Cuimín mean?

Cuimín means a diminutive of cam, 'bent'.

Is Cuimín a boy's or a girl's name?

Cuimín is traditionally a boy's name in Ireland.

How else is Cuimín spelled?

Other spellings and equivalents include Cumin, Comyn, Cumméne. Irish names were written down by English-speaking clerks for centuries, which is why so many spellings survive for one name.

Boy's name

Cuimín

“KWIM-een”

a diminutive of cam, 'bent'

CuminComynCumméne

Source: Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames (1923) ↗

The story behind the name

The name of several Irish saints. Cumméne Find (died 669), abbot of Iona, was a hagiographer; during his abbacy the Synod of Whitby (664) went against the Irish dating of Easter. Cumméne Fota (died 661/2) wrote a paschal letter on how the date of Easter should be calculated.

Surnames built on this name

Cummins · Ó Cuimín

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