Names

Means “little wolf” or “little hound” from Irish cú “wolf, hound” combined with a diminutive suffix. It was borne as a middle name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories. It is also the name of the hero of the Conan the Barbarian series of books, comics and movies, debuting 1932.

Means “strong wolf” in Irish. This is the name of several characters in Irish legend including the hero Conall Cernach (“Conall of the victories”), a member of the Red Branch of Ulster, who avenged Cúchulainn’s death by killing Lugaid.

Means “born together” from Irish comh “together” and gan “born”.

Means “joint pledge” from Irish comh “together” and gall “pledge”.

Anglicized form of Comhghán.

Variant of Comhghall.

Variant of Comhghall.

From the English word comfort, ultimately from Latin confortare “to strengthen greatly”, a derivative of fortis “strong”. It was used as a given name after the Protestant Reformation. It is now most common in parts of English-influenced Africa.

French form of Cosmas.

From the name of a river in northern Wales.