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Whelan

//ˈwiː.lən// name

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  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin (“descendant of Faolán”), a hypocoristic form of faol (“wolf”). Doublet of Phelan.

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