Etymograph

English

Sullivan

Sullivan comes from Irish Ó Súilleabháin.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Súilleabháin
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1988Sullivan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Súilleabháin
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1988Sullivan

Earliest quotation: 1988, Richard H. Palmer: “Directoritis strikes again!" bemoans Dan Sullivan, who believes that…”

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

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

Etymograph / Irish Ó Súilleabháin / Sullivan