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Origin Of The Surname Whelan
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Meaning Of The Surname Whelan
Young wolf
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Interesting
Facts About
Whelan
There are a couple of different spellings for this surname including Wheelan, Whalen and Welan. It is thought that the name comes from the Old Gaelic name Faolain, which means the descendent of Faolan, which is actually a personal name meaning young wolf. The first recorded spelling of this name appears in 1437 and is of John Phelan. |
Whelan Statistics
Whelan is the number 411 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 23,102 share the surname Whelan in the UK.
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