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“lover of canines”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Conchobhar is a given name. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “lover of canines”.
Meaning: “lover of canines”
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02 / Across borders
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03 / By the numbers
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1997–2025 Spelling: Conchobhar
Recorded category boys
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Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency · NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
No rounding stated; counts are integers (valueStatus=observed).
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| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
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| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
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| 2002 | no value | no value | suppressed |
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| 2006 | no value | no value | suppressed |
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| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
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| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Conchobhar” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-04-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · OGL-UK-3.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
CONCHOBHAR— “strong help”
Connchobhar is also translated as Cornelius and Charles. Here _conn_ means strength, and _cobhair_, aid, or if the spelling ought to be Conchobhar, it would be wolf-dog aid, and it is a word as variously rendered by those who wish to retain its native form as by those who try to change it into an ordinary name. Macpherson calls it Conachar, and thence we have the assumed name of the unfortunate young chieftain whom Sir Walter Scott placed in the deadly fight between Clan…
Connchobhar is also translated as Cornelius and Charles. Here _conn_ means strength, and _cobhair_, aid, or if the spelling ought to be Conchobhar, it would be wolf-dog aid, and it is a word as variously rendered by those who wish to retain its native form as by those who try to change it into an ordinary name. Macpherson calls it Conachar, and thence we have the assumed name of the unfortunate young chieftain whom Sir Walter Scott placed in the deadly fight between Clan Chattan and Clan Kay, to exemplify the struggle between constitutional timidity and fear of shame. Conchabhar, who reigned in Scotland in 847, and Cunechat or Conquhare, who was Maormar of Angus in the tenth century, are both forms of Connchobhar, which in the North-East of Ireland is vulgarly called Crogher and Crohoore. The last is said to be the best representation of the spoken word; but Connor is the usual version, and much the most euphonious to English ears; but then it is said also to represent Connaire, one endowed with strength, _aire_ being a word added to form an adjective, and Conmor, also in use in the days of the Fenians.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part V, Chapter III (Gaelic Names), Section IV (Cu, Cun, Gal) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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