Ó Faoláin

Ó Faoláin (pronounced [oː ˈfˠeːlˠaːnʲ]), or O'Faolain, is an Irish surname meaning "wolf",^[1] anglicized as Phelan. Notable people with this surname include:

• Seán Ó Faoláin (1900–1991), influential figure in 20th-century Irish culture
• Eugenius Ó Faoláin, Bishop of Kilmacduagh during 1409-1418
• Julia O'Faolain (1932–2020), London-born Irish novelist and short story writer
• Nuala O'Faolain (1940–2008), Irish journalist

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Family names derived from the word "wolf"

Celtic

Ó Faoláin, Phelan, Whalan, Whalen, Whelan, Felan, Folan, Mac Conallaidh, McNally

Germanic

• Rudolph, Ralph, Ludolf Adolf North Germanic: Lyall, Varg, Warg
• Ulfsson
• West Germanic: De Wolf, De Wolfe, Love, Volf, Wolf, Wolfe, Wolff, Wölfli, Wölfflin, Wolfs, Woolf, Woolfe, Wulf, Wulff, Wulfson
• Wolfowitz, Wolfsohn, Wolfson, Wolfram
• Wolfermann

Romance

• Latin: Lupus
• French: Leleu, Leloup, Loup, Louvel, Lowell
• Iberian: Llop, Llopis, Lobato, Lobo, Lopes, López
• Italian: Lovato, Lupo
• Romanian: Lupescu, Lupu, Lupul, Lupulescu

Slavic

• East Slavic: Biryuk, Biryukov, Volchek, Volchenkov, Volchkov, Volchok, Volk, Volkov (Volkoff, Wolkoff), Volkovich, Vovchenko, Vovchok, Vovchynskyi, Vovk
• South Slavic: Vučević, Vučić, Vučko, Vučetić/Vuchetich Vučković, Vujić, Vukašinović, Vukasović, Vukčević, Vukić, Vukičević, Vukićević, Vuković/Vukovich, Vuksanović
• West Slavic: Vlček, Vlk, Wilczek, Wilczyński, Wilk, Wolkowicz

Other

• Baltic: Vilkas, Vilks, Vilčinskas, Vilkelis
• Basque: Ochoa, Otxoa
• Estonian: Hunt
• Finnish: Susi
• Greek: Lykoudis
• Hebrew: Ze'evi, Ze'ev, Ben-Zeev
• Hungarian: Farkas (Farkaš in Slavic languages)
• Turkish: Kurt, Kurtoğlu

Surname list

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