Given name
Faolán
“wolf”
Faolán is a masculine given name from Old Irish, meaning “wolf.” It is used in Irish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old Irish Fáelán, built from Irish faol (“wolf”) + -án.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Faolán’s family of names
In Irish usage, Faolán continues an earlier form in Fáelán.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
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.
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