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Connor Pronunciation
KON -ər Gender
Male Language(s)
English Language(s)
Gaelic Word/name
Conchobar Meaning "Lover of Wolves" (or Hounds), Hunter Region of origin Irish and Hiberno-Norman Related names
Conor (Proper Irish)
Conchúr (Irish)
Conomor (Cornish/Breton)
Connah (Welsh)
Konnor (North American)
Connor is an Irish male given name,
anglicised from the compound Irish word "Conchobhar", meaning "Lover of wolves” or "master of hounds" and sometimes taken to mean "hunter".
[1] The most prominent person with this name in medieval Ireland was the Irish king
Conchobar mac Nessa , a semi-legendary king in
Ulster described in the
Ulster Cycle of
Irish mythology , and the name was probably first anglicised to 'Conor' by the
Hiberno-Normans .[
citation needed ]
Historical figures
Connor King of Connacht , 12th-century king
Connor mac Tadg , 10th-century king and eponym of the
Clan O'Connor
Connor O'Brien, King of Thomond , 16th-century king
Connor 'The Tawny' McKiernan , 14th-century chieftain
Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thormond , 16th-century peer and militia leader
Saint Connor O'Devany , 16th-century bishop and martyr
Connor Maguire, 2nd Baron of Enniskillen , Irish peer and rebel leader
Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare (1605–1670), Irish peer
People named Connor
Actors
Musicians
Politicians
Sportspeople
Connor Barth (born 1986), American football player
Connor Barwin (born 1986), American football player
Connor Davis (born 1994), American football player
Connor Galvin (born 2000), American football player
Connor Hamlett (born 1992), American football player
Connor Heyward (born 1999), American football player
Connor Hughes (American football) (born 1983), American football player
Connor Lew (born 2005), American football player
Connor McGovern (American football, born 1993) , American football player
Connor McGovern (American football, born 1997) , American football player
Connor Shaw (born 1991), American football player
Connor Williams (American football) (born 1997), American football player
Baseball
Ice hockey
Other sports
Other fields
Fictional characters
Connor (Angel ) , a primary character in the television series Angel
Connor the Streamlined engine , in the television series
Thomas & Friends
Connor, one of the three android protagonists of the videogame
Detroit: Become Human
Ratonhnhaké:ton , the protagonist of
Assassin's Creed III , who adopts the Westernised name "Connor Kenway" to pass in Colonial circles
Connor Costello , in the Australian medical drama All Saints
Connor Hawke , a DC Comics superhero
Connor Kluff, in the manga and anime
Tegami Bachi
Connor Jung, a side character in the anime
High School DxD
Connor Lassiter, in the Neal Shusterman novel
Unwind
Connor MacLeod , in the Highlander film and television series
Connor Mason, in the TV show
Timeless
Connor Murphy , in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen
Connor Perkins in the 2018 film
The Hurricane Heist
Dr. Connor Rhodes , a main character in the
NBC medical drama
Chicago Med
Connor Rooney, in the 2002 film
Road to Perdition
Connor Temple , in the ITV series Primeval
Connor Walsh , in the television series
How to Get Away with Murder
Connor MacManus, in the movie
Boondock Saints
Connor Baily, in the book
The Land of Stories
Connor Roy, in the HBO series
Succession
Connor Owens, in the TV show
Ugly Betty
Connor, in the 2023
Dreamworks Animation film
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Connor Frio, a character living in Sunset Valley from the video game
The Sims 3
People named Conner
Fictional characters
Conner Kent , Super-boy, from DC comics, cloned from both Superman and Lex Luthor
Conner McKnight in the television series Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
Conner Cooper, the late father of Sly in the
Sly Cooper video game series
People named Konnor
See also
References