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- Irish · derived fromÓ Fionnaláin“descendant of Fionnalán”
- English todayFenlon
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnaláin (“descendant of Fionnalán”), a hypocoristic form of fionn (“fair, white”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnaláin (“descendant of Fionnalán”), a hypocoristic form of fionn (“fair, white”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.