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Origin and popularity of the name CONN

Origin

Conn : 1: Scottish and Irish (Armagh Derry): back-formation from Mac Coinn ‘son of Conn’ the early Gaelic personal name usually interpreted as ‘reason wisdom’ or ‘head chieftain’; its genitive in surnames is Coinn[e] see Quinn.2: Irish: shortened form of McConn.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
FNI : The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland, ©2021 Kay Muhr and Liam Ó hAisibéil

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Geographic distribution of the 11,782 individuals with the name CONN on Geneanet.

 

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