Gender Masculine
Usage Irish

Meaning & History

Means "little wolf" or "little hound" from Irish "wolf, hound" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several early saints, including a 7th-century bishop of the Isle of Man. It appears in Irish legend as a companion Fionn mac Cumhaill. A famous bearer of it as a middle name was Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories. It is also the name of the hero of the Conan the Barbarian series of books, comics and movies, debuting 1932.

Related Names

VariantConán
Other Languages & CulturesConán, Cúán(Old Irish)
Same SpellingConán

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Entry updated January 21, 2022