Meaning: Desiring hounds
The story
Conor is an Anglicized form of Conchobar. Its Old Irish roots combine hound or wolf with desiring; lover of hounds is a natural explanatory paraphrase.
Nicknames
- Con
Spellings & variants
- Connor
- Conchobhar
- Konnor
Popularity
Familiar
In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
Lower in the latest US rankings
Style
Origins
Conor comes from Irish.
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