Etymology

Connor

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Today it means: A male given name from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Conchúr ← Old Irish Conchobar
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Conchúir“descendant of Conchúr”
  2. Old Irish · derived fromConchobar“lover of hounds”
  3. Irish · derived fromConchúr
  4. English todayConnor

The first name is from Irish Conchúr, Conchobhar, from Old Irish Conchobar (“lover of hounds”). The surname is from Irish Ó Conchúir (“descendant of Conchúr”).

Words from the same roots

IrishConchúr all →

Old IrishConchobar all →

IrishÓ Conchúir all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.