Connor (given name)

Connor
Origin
Pronunciation	/ˈkɒnər/ KON-ər
Gender	Male
Language(s)	English
Language(s)	Gaelic
Word/name	Conchobar
Meaning	"Master of Wolves", Hunter
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 wolves” or "master of hounds" and sometimes taken to mean "hunter".^[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

Musicians

Conor Oberst (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
Conner Smith, American singer
Connor Brennan, American baritone saxophone player
Connor Lyttle, New Zealand musician
Connor McCrudden, American saxophone player

Politicians

Sportspeople

American football (gridiron)

Connor Barth (born 1986), American football player
Connor Barwin (born 1986), 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 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 Essegian (born 2003), American basketball player
Connor Grimes (born 1983), Canadian field hockey player
Connor Wood (basketball) (born 1993), Canadian basketball player
Conor McGregor (MMA) (born 1988), Irish mixed martial artist

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 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 Baily, in the book The Land of Stories
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 O'Malley (born 1986) American comedian and writer
Conner Reeves (born 1972), English singer and songwriter
Conner Rousseau (born 1992), Belgian politician

Fictional characters

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