Given name & surname · also Irish
Filan
“descendant of Fialán”
Filan is a surname from Irish (ultimately Polish).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Filan goes back to Irish Ó Fialáin, meaning “descendant of Fialán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Filan comes from Irish, and ultimately from Polish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó Fialáin (“descendant of Fialán”), from Polish Filan.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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