Given name · also Irish
Coileán
“pup, youth, trickster”
Coileán is a masculine given name, possibly from Middle Irish (ultimately Proto-Celtic) and perhaps meaning “pup, youth, trickster.” It is used in Irish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Coileán possibly comes from Middle Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Middle Irish Cuilén (“pup, youth, trickster”), from Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Coileán’s family of names
In Irish usage, Coileán has a later derivative in CULLANE. In Irish usage, Coileán continues an earlier form in Cuilén.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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“descendant of Ceanndubhán”
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