Given name
Caolán
“slender, narrow”
Caolán is a masculine given name from Old Irish. It is used in Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caolán goes back to a word meaning “slender, narrow.”
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How it developed
Built from Irish caol (“slender, narrow”) + án.
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Caolán’s family of names
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People named Caolán
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