At a Glance: Name: Conn – Meaning: linked to Conall, from a Celtic root roughly meaning 'high' or 'mighty'; popularly glossed as 'chief' or 'wisdom' – Origin: Old Irish – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: KAHN
Conn is an Old Irish boy's name meaning “linked to Conall, from a Celtic root roughly meaning 'high' or 'mighty'; popularly glossed as 'chief' or 'wisdom'”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Conn
Meaning: Linked to Conall, from a Celtic root roughly meaning 'high' or 'mighty'; popularly glossed as 'chief' or 'wisdom'.
Origin: Old Irish.
A common claim: Conn means 'chief' or 'intelligence/sense' Actually: The 'chief'/'wisdom' gloss likely comes from mixing up the name Conn with the unrelated Old Irish word conn ('sense, reason'); linguistically the name is tied to Conall, from a root meaning roughly 'high, mighty,' not a direct word for 'chief' or 'intelligence.'
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Conn
Phonetic: KAHN IPA: /kɒn/
Popularity of Conn
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1914–1989.
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