Conan
[ˈkoʊnən]Meaning
from irish c "wolf, hound" with a diminutive suffix; "little wolf" or "little hound"
Background Story
Conan means "little wolf" or "little hound", from Irish c, "wolf, hound", combined with a diminutive suffix. It was the name of several early saints, including a 7th-century bishop of the Isle of Man, and appears in Irish legend as a companion of Fionn mac Cumhaill. Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, bore it as a middle name, and it is the name of the hero of the Conan the Barbarian series, which debuted in 1932.
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