Boy · Old Irish
Lorcán
Say it: LUR-kawn
Meaning
Diminutive of Old Irish lorc 'fierce'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 196 babies given this name since 1997
- At its height in 2018, about 1 in 106,500 boys
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Laurence |
|---|
Famous bearers
- Saint Lorcán Ua Tuathail (Laurence O'Toole), archbishop of Dublin
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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