English or Irish

[ChatwithJacq]

Hi,

Is the name Connor Irish or English please?

Thanks

Jacq

[spanner7853]

irish

[Neilzulu1]

I believe it is Irish.

[Katie~77]

Irish.x

[jake-the-peg]

My son's named Conor after his Irish grandfather.

1 n not 2 He's very particular about that

[jake-the-peg]

here you go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor

[Shadow Man]

I always thought it was scotch. As in Highlander "I'm Connor MacLeod of The Clan MacLeod"

[jake-the-peg]

I think you'll find that's "Connor McLeod of the clan Hollywood"

[Quizmonster]

lick here for some more background information.

[Quizmonster]

No! For goodness' sake, don't 'lick' there...'click' there instead!

[johnlambert]

Quizmonster!!!!!!
you owe me a new monitor, this one is all wet and my tongue hurts after all that licking lol

[Quizmonster]

Sorry, John! Obviously my correction was being typed just as your complaint was being registered.

[MustafaTickl]

Here's Connor trying to makeoff with Deirdre.

[quedgeley]

Irish!
Diocese of Down and (Conor old ) (new Connor)

All Scots names are from Ireland.
Kenneth M'cAlpine conquered the Picts in 843 Ad

[Shadow Man]

My history of Gaelic and Erse nomenclatures is indeed rather weak, but are you certain ALL scotch names come from Ireland?

i.e Gordon, Sutherland, Boyd, Dougal to name but a few of many.

[quedgeley]

to Shadowman
Correction

Most Scots names are Irish
The others are mostly Picts.(or maybe Norse!)
I think after the Scots took over,one word assimilation, in a big way.
I think in the old days every irish family must have had their own personal name.

[taperface]

This is my son's name. It's Irish.

[zig_zag]

scotch is whiskey mincer
wise up

[divlong]

Actually zig-zag, Whiskey is Irish. Scotch is Whisky!

[Whickerman]

This might help...

http://members.aol.com/waterlilys/Ancestors.ht ml

[anglonorman]

hello, Connor is an irish name along with variants Conner,Connors, O Connor etc. It comes from the Irish Gaelic Conchobhair or Conchobhar. Conchobar was the king of Connacht.