English Explanatory Dictionary

Quinlan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A city in Hunt County, Texas, United States.

Word forms

Quinlan Quinlans

Etymology

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).

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