Conan

Where Conan comes from

From Irish Conán, from Middle Irish Conán, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ (conann), a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kū (“dog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
— Wiktionary's entry for Conan
  • Irish
  • 2 syllables
Conan through the years
  1. 1923
    First appearance
    #3,467 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Peak, #1,083
    56 babies named Conan, its best rank.
  3. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,364.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.