Given name & surname · also Celtic
Conn
“the chief”
Conn is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “the chief.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “the chief.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Celtic.
How it developed
Conn is a short form of Connor.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Conn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 119
- 119 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 9 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 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 262 as a first name in 2020; 13,987 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.
Conn’s family of names
Conn is a short form of Connor. Conn has a related form in Con.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Conn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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