Boy's name
Flann
“FLAN”
'blood-red, ruddy'
The story behind the name
Flann Sinna was a high king of the 9th century whose cross still stands at Clonmacnoise. Brian O'Nolan borrowed it for his pen name, Flann O'Brien, under which he wrote 'At Swim-Two-Birds' — a book Joyce admired and almost nobody understood at the time.
Its age
Associated with AD 916 — Norse Cities & the Rise of Brian.
See Ireland in that year on the atlas ↗
Where the name belongs
Famous people with this name
- Flann O'Brien (1911–1966) — Irish writer
- Flann Sinna (AD 847–AD 916) — High King of Ireland
- Flann mac Lonáin (AD 850–AD 896) — Irish poet
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Flann on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
Surnames built on this name
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