O'Cullane

English

Alternative forms

  • (given name): Cullane
  • (surname): O'Collins

Etymology

Anglicization of Irish Ó Coileáin, derived from Irish Coileáin, itself derived from coileán (“pup, youth, trickster”), Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin.

Proper noun

O'Cullane

  1. A surname
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