Phelan
[ˈfeɪlən]Meaning
anglicized form of Faolán, from Old Irish faol, "wolf"
Background Story
Phelan is an anglicized form of Faolán, an Old Irish name built on faol, the word for wolf. It is also a reduced anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Faoláin, meaning "descendant of Faolán", and is a doublet of Whelan.
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