Connor is a

Goidelic The Goidelic or Gaelic languages ( ga, teangacha Gaelacha; gd, cànanan Goidhealach; gv, çhengaghyn Gaelgagh) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages. Goidelic languages historically ...

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

male given name,

anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

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 Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

described in the Ulster Cycle of

Irish mythology Irish mythology is the body of myths native to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era, being part of ancient Celtic religion. Many myths were later written down in the early medieval era by C ...

, and the name was probably first anglicised to 'Connor' by the

Hiberno-Normans From the 12th century onwards, a group of Normans invaded and settled in Gaelic Ireland. These settlers later became known as Norman Irish or Hiberno-Normans. They originated mainly among Cambro-Norman families in Wales and Anglo-Normans fro ...

. The modern Irish often anglicise it with one 'n' to

Conor Conor is a male given name of Irish origin. The meaning of the name is "Lover of Wolves" or "Lover of Hounds". '' Conchobhar/Conchubhar'' or from the name ''Conaire'', found in Irish legend as the name of the high king Conaire Mór and other hero ...

. Variant forms of ''Connor'' appear across Ireland, the UK and North America and include

, Conner and sometimes Konnor. “Conor” with a single 'n' was the most popular name given to boys in Ireland in 1999.

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 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 ...

, 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 Connor (or Cornelius) Maguire, 2nd Baron of Enniskillen (Irish ''Conchobhar Mag Uidhir''; 1616 – 1645) was an Irish nobleman from Ulster who took part in the Irish Rebellion of 1641. He was executed for high treason. Background He was born in ...

, Irish peer and rebel leader *

Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare ( – 1670) was the son of Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare and Catherine FitzGerald, a daughter of Gerald, 14th Earl of Desmond. Birth and origins Connor was born about 1605, the s ...

(1605–1670), Irish peer

People named Connor

Actors

Connor Gibbs Connor Gibbs (born February 2, 2001) is an American child actor. He is best known for his role as Aiden Lucas in the TV series ''Ghost Whisperer ''Ghost Whisperer'' is an American supernatural television series, which ran on CBS from Septemb ...

(born 2001), Canadian actor * Connor Paolo (born 1990), American actor *

Connor Swindells Connor Ryan Swindells (born 19 September 1996) is an English actor and model. He gained prominence through his role as Adam Groff in the Netflix comedy-drama ''Sex Education'' (2019–present). He has since starred in the BBC One historical dram ...

(Born 1996), English actor

Musicians

* Conor Oberst (born 1980), American singer-songwriter *

Conner Smith Conner Smith (born September 6, 2000) is an American country music singer. He is signed to Big Machine Records' Valory label and has charted two singles. Smith was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity in college. Biography Conner Smith was ...

, American singer

Sportspeople

American football (gridiron)

Connor Barth Connor Thomas Barth (born April 11, 1986) is a former American football placekicker who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina and was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undraft ...

(born 1986), American football player *

Connor Barwin Connor Alfred Barwin (born October 15, 1986) is an American football executive and former outside linebacker, currently serving as the director of player development for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Cincinnati, and was ...

(born 1986), American football player *

Connor Davis Connor Westley Davis (born October 20, 1994) is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Stony Brook and was signed before the 2019 AAF season by the Birmingham Iron. Early career Davis went to ...

(born 1994), American football player *

Connor Hamlett Connor Hamlett (born April 12, 1992) is a former American football tight end. He lettered in football, basketball and track at Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood, Washington, where he earned All-State honors in football his senior year. He play ...

(born 1992), American football player *

Connor Heyward Connor Heyward (born January 22, 1999) is an American football tight end and fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State. Early life and high school Heyward grew up in ...

(born 1999), American football player * Connor Hughes (American football) (born 1983), American football player *

Connor McGovern (American football, born 1993) Connor McGovern (born April 27, 1993) is an American football center for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Missouri and was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL ...

, American football player *

Connor McGovern (American football, born 1997) Connor James McGovern (born November 3, 1997) is an American football guard (American football), guard for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cowboys in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft. He play ...

, American football player * Connor Shaw (born 1991), American football player *

Connor Williams (American football) Connor Williams (born May 12, 1997) is an American football center for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas. Early years Williams attended Coppell High School. As a freshman, he started ...

(born 1997), American football player

Baseball

* Connor Robertson (born 1981), American baseball player *

Connor Seabold Connor Seabold (born January 24, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at and , he throws and bats right-handed. ...

(born 1996), American baseball player * Connor Wong (born 1996), American baseball player

Football (soccer)

Connor Calcutt Connor Calcutt (born 10 October 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division club Leighton Town. After playing youth football with Hemel Hempstead Town, Calcutt started his senior car ...

(born 1993), English footballer *

Connor Hughes (footballer) Connor Niall Hughes (born 6 May 1993) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Daisy Hill. He played for Oldham Athletic in the Football League as a professional footballer. Career Oldham Athletic Hughes joine ...

(born 1993), English footballer * Connor James (soccer) (born 1996), Canadian soccer player *

Connor Pain Connor Thomas Pain (born 11 November 1993) is an Australian professional football (soccer) player who plays as a forward for Western United. He signed his first professional contract in March 2013 for Melbourne Victory. Pain has made one appe ...

(born 1993), Australian footballer *

Connor Randall Connor Steven Randall (born 21 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Ross County. Club career Early career Randall was born and raised in Melling, Merseyside. He attended ...

(born 1995), English footballer * Connor Wickham (born 1993), English footballer * Connor Wood (footballer) (born 1996), English footballer

Ice hockey

* Connor Carrick (born 1994), American ice hockey player *

Connor Clifton Connor Clifton (born April 28, 1995) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played collegiate hockey with Quinnipiac University. Playing career Born in Long Branch, New J ...

(born 1995), American ice hockey player * Connor Hellebuyck (born 1993), American ice hockey player *

Connor James (ice hockey) Connor James (born August 25, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He most recently played with the Straubing Tigers of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing career James was drafted in the ninth round, 279th ov ...

(born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player * Connor McDavid (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player *

Connor Murphy Connor Murphy (born March 26, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. He was selected 20th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes ...

(born 1993), American ice hockey player

Other sports

* Connor Arendell (born 1990), American golfer *

Connor Behan Connor Behan is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Great Britain. Connor has in 2013 taken to road racing competing for the KMR Kawasaki powered by Vauxhall team and has achieved many a top result including finishing in second place in the new ...

(born 1991), British motorcycle racer *

Connor Grimes 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 ...

(born 1983), Canadian field hockey player *

Connor Wood (basketball) Connor John Wood (born May 29, 1993) is a Canadian professional basketball player. Wood plays the guard position. College career During his college career, he won five straight CIS championships with the Carleton Ravens. Wood was the recipient ...

(born 1993), Canadian basketball player * Conor McGregor (MMA) (born 1988), Irish mixed martial artist

Other fields

Connor Ball The Vamps are a British pop band consisting of Brad Simpson, James Brittain-McVey, Connor Ball and Tristan Evans. They formed in 2012 and signed to Mercury Records (now Virgin EMI Records) in the November of the same year. In 2017, they had t ...

(born 1996), British musician * Connor Brown (disambiguation), several people * Connor Colquhoun (born 1996), British YouTuber and voice actor *

Connor Franta Connor Joel Franta (born September 12, 1992) is an American YouTuber, author, artist, and businessman. , his eponymous main channel on YouTube has over 4.91 million subscribers. Franta was formerly a member of YouTube group ''Our Second Life'' ...

(born 1992), American vlogger *

Connor Michalek Connor Michalek (2005 – April 25, 2014) was an American WWE fan who received considerable media attention after a social media campaign for him to meet Daniel Bryan, his favorite professional wrestler. He later met Bryan and other WWE performe ...

(2005–2014), American cancer patient

Fictional characters

* Connor (''Angel''), a primary character in the television series ''Angel'' * Connor the Streamlined engine, in the television series ''

Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...

'' * 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 Connor Hawke is a fictional DC Comics superhero who operated as the second Green Arrow, created by Kelley Puckett and Jim Aparo. In the post-''Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, Zero Hour'' continuity, Connor is the eldest son of Oliver Queen, the ori ...

, a DC Comics superhero * Connor Kluff, in the manga and anime ''

Tegami Bachi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Asada. The series was first serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' from 2006 to 2007, and then transferred to ''Jump Square'', where it ran ...

'' * Connor Jung, a side character in the anime '' High School DxD'' * Connor Lassiter, in the Neal Shusterman novel '' Unwind'' *

Connor MacLeod Connor MacLeod, also known as The Highlander, is a fictional character in the '' Highlander'' film series, and appears in the extended franchise of the television programs: '' Highlander: The Series'' and '' Highlander: The Animated Series''. In ...

, in the ''Highlander'' film and television series * Connor Mason, in the TV show ''

Timeless Timeless (or atemporal) or timelessness (or atemporality) may refer to: * Agelessness, the condition of being unaffected by the passage of time * Akal (Sikh term), timelessness in Sikhism * Eternity, timeless existence or infinite duration * Immo ...

'' *

, in the Broadway musical ''Dear Evan Hansen'' * Connor Perkins in the 2018 film ''

The Hurricane Heist ''The Hurricane Heist'' is a 2018 American disaster heist action film directed by Rob Cohen, written by Jeff Dixon and Scott Windhauser, and starring Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace, Ryan Kwanten, Ralph Ineson, Melissa Bolona, James Cutler, and Ben Cro ...

'' * 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 ''The Land of Stories'' is a series of children's fiction, adventure and fantasy books written by American author, actor and singer Chris Colfer. The first book, ''The Wishing Spell'', was released on July 17, 2012. The sixth book was published ...

'' * Connor Roy, in the HBO series ''

Succession Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. Governance and politics *Order of succession, in politics, the ascension to power by one ruler, official, or monarch after the death, resignation, or removal from office of ...

'' * Connor Owens, in the TV show ''

Ugly Betty ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian t ...

People named Conner

Conner Greene James Conner Greene (born April 4, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Tor ...

(born 1995), American baseball player *

Conner Henry Conner Henry (born July 21, 1963) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He played collegiately for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos and was selected as the 89th overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets. Hen ...

(born 1963), American basketball coach *

Conner Reeves Conner Reeves (born 8 April 1972) is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known for his 1997 album ''Earthbound'' which was released on Colin Lester's and Ian McAndrew's Wildstar label. Reeves scored five Top 40 singles in the UK Sing ...

(born 1972), English singer and songwriter

Fictional characters

Conner Kent Superboy (also known as Kon-El or Conner Kent) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. A modern variation on Superboy (Kal-El), the original Superboy, the character first appeared as Superboy in ''The Adventures ...

, Superboy, from DC comics, cloned from both Superman and Lex Luthor *

Conner McKnight ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' is the twelfth season of the television series, ''Power Rangers''. This in ...

in the television series ''Power Rangers: Dino Thunder''

People named Konnor

* Konnor (wrestler) (born 1980), ring name of Ryan Parmeter, American wrestler * Konnor McClain (born 2005), American female artistic gymnast * Konnor Pilkington (born 1997), American baseball player

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People named Conner

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People named Konnor

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