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Conall
Say it: KUN-ul
Meaning
From Celtic kuno- 'hound, wolf' and walos 'ruler'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 640 babies given this name since 1983
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 46,200 boys
- 24 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Conall Cernach, Ulster Cycle hero
- Conall Gulban, ancestor of the Cenél Conaill
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.