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View Name: Lorcán


LORCÁN
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Irish
PRONOUNCED: LOR-kan   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "little fierce one", derived from Irish Gaelic lorcc "fierce" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 12th-century archbishop of Dublin.
Related Names
VARIANT: Lorccán
Popularity
Ireland  ranked #97 
Northern Ireland  ranked #88 



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