Given name

Feilan

Feilan is a masculine given name from Old Irish. It is used in Icelandic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Feilan comes from Old Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Icelandic usage, Feilan developed from Fáelán.

Feilan’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Feilan developed from the Old Irish form Fáelán.

Walk Feilan’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Feilan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Polish

Filan

“descendant of Fialán”

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Irish

Feehan

“descendant of Fiachán”

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Irish

Faolán

“wolf”

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Irish

Foughlaan

“wretch, pimp”

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Irish

Phagan

Phagan is a surname from Irish.

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Irish

Foran

“descendant of Fuarthán”

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Irish

Feagan

Feagan is a surname from Irish.

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Irish

Faughnan

“descendant of Fachtnán”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Feilan’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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