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Conan

/KOH-nan/ MasculineIrish

Meaning

Conan is a masculine name of Irish origin meaning “little wolf, little hound”.

Conan is an old Irish name built on cú, the word for hound or wolf, with a diminutive ending, and it was borne by early saints and Dukes of Brittany. Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert E. Howard's barbarian, and talk-show host Conan O'Brien have each given it a different kind of fame.

Uncommon but instantly familiar thanks to its famous bearers.

At a glance

Origin
Irish
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/KOH-nan/
Themes
Wolf

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Questions

  • Conan is a masculine name of Irish origin meaning “little wolf, little hound”. Conan is an old Irish name built on cú, the word for hound or wolf, with a diminutive ending, and it was borne by early saints and Dukes of Brittany.

  • Conan is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. Uncommon but instantly familiar thanks to its famous bearers.

  • The name Conan comes from Irish. Conan is an old Irish name built on cú, the word for hound or wolf, with a diminutive ending, and it was borne by early saints and Dukes of Brittany. Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert E. Howard's barbarian, and talk-show host Conan O'Brien have each given it a different kind of fame.

  • Conan is pronounced KOH-nan.

More names that mean wolf

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Conall MasculineIrish“strong as a wolf”
  2. Faolán MasculineIrish“little wolf”
  3. Lowell MasculineFrench“little wolf”
  4. Otsana FeminineBasque“she-wolf”
  5. Ralph MasculineOld Norse“wolf counsel”
  6. Rudolph MasculineGermanic“famous wolf”