O'Cullane

English

Alternative forms

• (given name): Cullane
• (surname): O'Collins

Etymology

Anglicization of Irish Ó Coileáin, derived from Irish Coileáin, itself derived from coileán (“pup, youth, trickster”), Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin.

Proper noun

O'Cullane

1. A surname