Etymograph

English

Quinlan

Quinlan comes from Irish Ó Caoinleáin.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Caoinleáin
  2. EnglishtodayQuinlan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Caoinleáin
  2. EnglishtodayQuinlan

A compound of caoin ‘delicate, refined’ + dealbh ‘shape’

Old Irish caín ‘fine, good’

Irish caoin ‘delicate, refined’

The story

From Irish Ó Caoinleáin, a reduced form of Ó Caoindealbháin (literally “descendant of Caoindealbhán”), a personal name from caoin (‘delicate, refined’) + dealbh (‘shape’) + -án. Also a shortened Anglicized form of Ó Conalláin (‘descendant of Conallán’), a personal name representing a diminutive of Conall (compare Connell).

Every English word from Irish Ó Caoinleáin

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Irish Ó Caoinleáin / Quinlan

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