Given name & surname
Con
“the chief”·“refers to a horn”·“a brave and bold ruler; a bold advisor”
Con is a variant of Conn. One Irish interpretation is “the chief.” In English use, Con is a diminutive of Cornelius. One Latin interpretation is “refers to a horn.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Con is a variant of Conn. One Irish interpretation is “the chief.” In English use, Con is a diminutive of Cornelius. One Latin interpretation is “refers to a horn.” Its derivation is not certain. In English use, Con is a diminutive of Conrad. One German interpretation is “a brave and bold ruler; a bold advisor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Con is a variant of Conn. An origin associated with Conn is Celtic. In English use, Con is a diminutive of Cornelius. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain. In English use, Con is a diminutive of Conrad. An origin associated with Conrad is German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Con is a diminutive of Connie. In English usage, Con is a diminutive of Cornelius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Con through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 389
- 389 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 684 as a first name in 2020; 346 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Con’s family of names
In English usage, Con is a diminutive of Connie. In Azerbaijani usage, Con has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In English usage, Con is a diminutive of Cornelius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Con
- Con ConradAmerican songwriter, record producer (1891-1938)
- Con O'NeillEnglish actor and singerborn 1966
- Con WalshCanadian hammer thrower (1885-1961)
- Con LeahyIrish athlete (1876–1921)
- Con BoutsianisAustralian soccer playerborn 1971
- Con ColbertIrish rebel (1888–1916)
- Con MartinIrish footballer (1923–2013)
- Con BlatsisAustralian soccer playerborn 1977
- Con KolivasAustralian physician and programmerborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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