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Conn

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Boy · Old Irish

Conn

Say it: KON

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Meaning

Uncertain; often glossed 'head, chief' or 'wisdom', neither firmly established.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

0246818801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1914per million babies of that sex
  • 119 babies given this name since 1914
  • At its height in 1914, about 1 in 131,000 boys
  • Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
  2. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

Irish

Famous bearers

  • Conn Cétchathach (of the Hundred Battles), legendary king

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Where this comes from

  • The Irish annals and early Irish literature
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

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.