Meaning and Origin of: Connor

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Boy name origins & meanings:

• Irish : Desire

Boy name variations

• Conner,
• Conners,
• O'Conner,
• O'Connor,
• Conor,
• Konnor,

Family name origins & meanings:

• Irish : reduced form of O’Connor, which is an Anglicization of Gaelic Ó Conchobhair ‘descendant of Conchobhar’.

Famous people who gave their babies this name

• Nicole Kidman,
• Tom Cruise,

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