Faolán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Fáelán. By surface analysis, faol (“wolf”) +‎ -án.

Proper noun

Faolán m (genitive Fhaoláin)

1. a male given name from Old Irish

Declension

Declension of Faolán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Faolán Vocative a Fhaoláin Genitive Faoláin Dative Faolán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Faolán Genitive an Fhaoláin Dative leis an bhFaolán don Fhaolán

Derived terms

• Faolánach (“person named Ó Faoláin or Ní Fhaoláin”)
• Mac Giolla Fhaoláin

  → English: Gilliland, Leland, McClellan, McLeland

• Ó Faoláin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Faolán	Fhaolán	bhFaolán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 92