Callan

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Ó + Cathaláin "descendant of Cathalán (“little Cathal”).

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