Given name & surname · also Irish
Cullane
“pup, youth, trickster”
Cullane is a masculine given name, possibly from Irish, ultimately from Proto-Celtic.
Original IrishCoileán
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cullane possibly goes back to Irish coileán, meaning “pup, youth, trickster.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Cullane possibly comes from Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Cullane developed from Coileán.
Cullane’s family of names
In English usage, Cullane developed from the Irish form Coileán. In English usage, Cullane has a related form in Colin. In English usage, Cullane as a surname has a related form in O'Cullane.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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