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Boy · Old Irish
Faolán
Say it: FWAY-lawn
Meaning
From Old Irish fáel 'wolf' with the diminutive -án: 'little wolf'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 138 babies given this name since 2006
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 121,900 boys
- 14 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Fáelán
| English | Fillan |
|---|
Famous bearers
- Saint Fillan (Fáelán), venerated in Scotland
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- 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.