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 [ 2 syll. con-nor, co-nn-or ] The boy name Connor is pronounced KAANer KEY. Connor has its origins in the Celtic language. It is used largely in the English and Irish languages. The meaning of the name is 'dog lover; high desire'. Derived from cú meaning 'dog, hound, wolf' ; chobhar meaning 'help, support'. Older forms of Connor include Conchobar (Old Irish) and Conchobhar (Old Irish). The name probably means 'dog lover', but it is often interpreted as 'high desire' from its association with Conn. It was originally bestowed upon hunters. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Conchobar mac Nessa was a semi-legendary king of Ulster. Variant forms of the name include the Irish Conchobar, the Irish Conchobhar, the English Connors, and the English Konnor. Other forms of Connor include the short forms Con (English and Irish) and Conn (English and Irish), and the variant spellings Conner (English) and Conor (English and Irish). Connor is popular as a baby boy name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest height of its usage in 2004, 0.476% of baby boys were given the name Connor. It was #38 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #57 with a usage of 0.360%, and it was the most popular within all boy names in its family. Connor was thrice as popular as the 2nd most popular name, the English Conner, in 2008. Baby names that sound like Connor include the English Conner, the English and Irish Conor, the English Konnor, the Irish Conaire, the Portuguese Conrao, the English Conray, the English Conrey, the English Conroy, the English Conry, the Hungarian Kazmer, the Hungarian Kázmér, the Indian Kumar, the English Casimer, the English and German Casimir, the English Conary, the English Connery, the Basque, German, and Scandinavian Kasimir, the Czech, German, Russian, and Slavic Kazimir, the Czech, Hungarian, and Slavic Kazimír, and the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Casimiro. KEY: Pronunciation for Connor: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"   |
