Gender Masculine
Usage Irish, Old Irish [1], Irish Mythology
Meaning & History
Means "rule of a wolf", from Old Irish cú "hound, dog, wolf" (genitive con) and fal "rule" [2]. 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.
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Sources & References
- O'Brien, Kathleen M. Index of Names in Irish Annals, available from https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Conall.shtml.
- Matasović, Ranko. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill, 2009, page 402.
