Given name & surname
O'connell
“descendant of Connel”
O'Connell is a surname from Irish.
Original IrishÓ Conaill
Meaning & origin
What it means
O'Connell goes back to Irish Ó Conaill, meaning “descendant of Connel.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, O'connell as a surname developed from Ó Conaill.
O'connell’s family of names
In English usage, O'connell as a surname developed from the Irish form Ó Conaill.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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