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Connor De Bruyn
Connor may refer to the following: People * Connor (given name), list of people with this name * Connor (surname) * Harriet Connor Brown (1872-1962), American writer and women's rights activist Places and jurisdictions * Connor, County Antrim, a town in Northern Ireland, seat of: ** the present Anglican Diocese of Connor (Church of Ireland) ** the former Roman Catholic Diocese of Connor, merged into the present Diocese of Down and Connor * Connor Downs, Cornwall, England * Connor, Maine, unincorporated area in Aroostook County, Maine, United States * Mount Connor, Northern Territory, Australia * Connor Battle, Tongue River, American Civil War Other uses * Connor (retailer), an Australian and New Zealand clothing retail chain See also * * Conor * Conner (other) * Connors (other) * O'Connor (other) * Justice Connor (other) Justice Connor may refer to: * George Whitfield Connor, associate justice of the North Carolina Suprem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor (given Name)
Connor is a Goidelic languages, Goidelic Celtic languages, Celtic male given name, anglicised from the compound Irish word "Conchobhar", meaning "Lover of wolves” or "master of hounds" and sometimes taken to mean "hunter". 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 'Connor' by the Hiberno-Norman, Hiberno-Normans. The modern Irish often anglicise it with one 'n' to Conor. Variant forms of ''Connor'' appear across Ireland, the UK and North America and include Conor, Conner and sometimes Konnor. “Conor” with a single 'n' was the most popular name given to boys in Ireland in 1999. Historical figures * Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair, Connor King of Connacht, 12th-century king * Conchobar mac Tadg, Connor mac Tadg, 10th-century king and eponym of the O'Conor, Clan O'Connor * Conchobhar mac Toird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |