Connor (given name)

Connor

Pronunciation	/ˈkɒnər/ KON-ər
Gender	Male
Language	English
Origin
Language	Gaelic
Word/name	Conchobar
Meaning	"lover of hounds", or "lover of wolves"
Region of origin	Irish and Hiberno-Norman
Other names
Related names	Conor (Proper Irish) Conchúr (Irish) Conomor (Cornish/Breton) Connah (Welsh) Konnor (North American)

Connor is an Irish male given name, anglicised from the compound Irish word Conchobhar, meaning "lover of hounds", or "lover of wolves". ^[1] The most prominent person with this name in medieval Ireland was the Irish king Conchobar mac Nessa, a semi-legendary king in Ulster described in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, and the name was probably first anglicised to Connor by the Hiberno-Normans.^{[ citation needed ]}

Historical figures

• Connor King of Connacht, 12th-century king
• Connor mac Tadg, 10th-century king and eponym of the Clan O'Connor
• Connor O'Brien, King of Thomond, 16th-century king
• Connor 'The Tawny' McKiernan, 14th-century chieftain
• Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thormond, 16th-century peer and militia leader
• Saint Connor O'Devany, 16th-century bishop and martyr
• Connor Maguire, 2nd Baron of Enniskillen, Irish peer and rebel leader
• Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare (1605–1670), Irish peer

People named Connor

Actors

• Connor Gibbs (born 2001), Canadian actor
• Connor Paolo (born 1990), American actor
• Connor Swindells (born 1996), English actor
• Connor Trinneer (born 1969), American actor

Sportspeople

American football (gridiron)

• Connor Barth (born 1986), American football player
• Connor Barwin (born 1986), American football player
• Connor Bazelak (born 2000), American football player
• Connor Colby (born 2003), American football player
• Connor Davis (born 1994), American football player
• Connor Galvin (born 2000), American football player
• Connor Hamlett (born 1992), American football player
• Connor Heyward (born 1999), American football player
• Connor Hughes (American football) (born 1983), American football player
• Connor Lew (born 2005), American football player
• Connor McGovern (American football, born 1993), American football player
• Connor McGovern (American football, born 1997), American football player
• Connor Shaw (born 1991), American football player
• Connor Tollison (born 2002), American football player
• Connor Williams (American football) (born 1997), American football player

Baseball

• Connor Robertson (born 1981), American baseball player
• Connor Seabold (born 1996), American baseball player
• Connor Wong (born 1996), American baseball player

Football (soccer)

• Connor Calcutt (born 1993), English footballer
• Connor Chapman (born 1994), Australian footballer
• Connor Hughes (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
• Connor James (soccer) (born 1996), Canadian soccer player
• Connor Pain (born 1993), Australian footballer
• Connor Randall (born 1995), English footballer
• Connor Wickham (born 1993), English footballer
• Connor Wood (footballer) (born 1996), English footballer

Ice hockey

• Connor Bedard (born 2005), Canadian ice hockey player
• Connor Carrick (born 1994), American ice hockey player
• Connor Clifton (born 1995), American ice hockey player
• Connor Hellebuyck (born 1993), American ice hockey player
• Connor James (ice hockey) (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
• Connor McDavid (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
• Connor McMichael (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
• Connor Murphy (born 1993), American ice hockey player

Other sports

• Connor Arendell (born 1990), American golfer
• Connor Behan (born 1991), British motorcycle racer
• Connor Butler (born 1998), English professional boxer
• Connor Coyle (born 1990), Irish professional boxer
• Connor Essegian (born 2003), American basketball player
• Connor Fields (born 1992), American BMX racer
• Connor Garnett, American professional pickleball player
• Connor Grimes (born 1983), Canadian field hockey player
• Connor Wood (basketball) (born 1993), Canadian basketball player

Other fields

• Connor Ball (born 1996), British musician
• Connor Brown (disambiguation), several people
• Connor Colquhoun (born 1996), British YouTuber and voice actor
• Connor Franta (born 1992), American vlogger
• Connor Michalek (2005–2014), American cancer patient

Fictional characters

• Connor (Angel), a primary character in the television series Angel
• Connor the Streamlined engine, in the television series Thomas & Friends
• Connor, one of the three android protagonists of the videogame Detroit: Become Human
• Ratonhnhaké:ton, the protagonist of Assassin's Creed III , who adopts the Westernised name "Connor Kenway" to pass in Colonial circles
• Connor/Catboy, from the television series PJ Masks
• Connor Costello, in the Australian medical drama All Saints
• Connor Hawke, a DC Comics superhero
• Connor Kluff, in the manga and anime Tegami Bachi
• Connor Jung, a side character in the anime High School DxD
• Connor Lassiter, in the Neal Shusterman novel Unwind
• Connor MacLeod, in the Highlander film and television series
• Connor Mason, in the TV show Timeless
• Connor Murphy, in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen
• Connor Perkins in the 2018 film The Hurricane Heist
• Dr. Connor Rhodes, a main character in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med
• Connor Rooney, in the 2002 film Road to Perdition
• Connor Temple, in the ITV series Primeval
• Connor Walsh, in the television series How to Get Away with Murder
• Connor MacManus, in the movie Boondock Saints
• Connor Roy, in the HBO series Succession
• Connor Owens, in the TV show Ugly Betty
• Connor, in the 2023 Dreamworks Animation film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
• Connor Frio, a character living in Sunset Valley from the video game The Sims 3

People named Conner

• Conner Greene (born 1995), American baseball player
• Conner Harrell (born 2004), American football player
• Conner Henry (born 1963), American basketball coach
• Conner Kelsall (born 1999), English professional boxer
• Conner O'Malley (born 1986) American comedian and writer
• Conner Reeves (born 1972), English singer and songwriter
• Conner Rousseau (born 1992), Belgian politician
• Conner Smith, American singer

Fictional characters

• Conner Bailey, a character in the children's novel series The Land of Stories
• Conner Kent, Super-boy, from DC comics, cloned from both Superman and Lex Luthor
• Conner McKnight in the television series Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
• Conner Cooper, the late father of Sly in the Sly Cooper video game series

People named Konnor

• Konnor (wrestler) (born 1980), ring name of Ryan Parmeter, American wrestler
• Konnor McClain (born 2005), American female artistic gymnast
• Konnor Pilkington (born 1997), American baseball player
• Max Konnor (born 1986 or 1987), American gay pornographic film actor

See also

• Connor (surname)
• Connor (disambiguation)

References

1. "Baby Name Details".