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- Irish · derived fromÓ Faoláin“descendant of Faolán”
- English todayWhelan
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin (“descendant of Faolán”), a hypocoristic form of faol (“wolf”). Doublet of Phelan.
Words from the same roots
IrishÓ Faoláin all →
Phelan
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.