Given name & surname · also Middle English
Conner
“lover of hounds”·“a wolf-lover”
Conner is a variant of Connor. Interpretations include “lover of hounds” and “a wolf-lover”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Conner is a variant of Connor. Interpretations include “lover of hounds” and “a wolf-lover”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Conner comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Conner through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57,262
- 56,395 boys · 867 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 3,229 babies
- 2025
- 286
- #864 for boys · #10,270 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 277 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 864 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 57.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 3,207 in 2005. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (22). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 51,296 as a first name in 2020; 61,028 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.
Conner’s family of names
Conner has a related form in Connor. In English usage, Conner has a related form in Conor.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Conner
- Conner PrinceAmerican sport shooterborn 2000
- Conner HenryAmerican basketball player-coachborn 1963
- Conner FrankampAmerican basketball playerborn 1995
- Conner RousseauBelgian politicianborn 1992
- Conner BleackleyCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1996
- Conner Huertas del PinoPeruvian tennis playerborn 1995
- Conner MantzAmerican long-distance runnerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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