Etymology

Conlon

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Ó Connalláin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Connalláin
  2. English todayConlon

From Irish Ó Connalláin, which could be from con (“hound”) + leon (“lion”), though the second element could instead be from gal (“valor”), similar to O'Connell.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.