Conor
A Celtic name meaning "lover of wolves or hounds". It barely registers in Poland: about 112 men carry it, every one of them male, and most Poles have never met one.
Conor Pronunciation
Conor is pronounced TSO-nor (/ˈt͡sɔnɔr/).
What Conor means
Where Conor comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Conor traces back to the Old Irish name Conchobar. Its first element is cú, the word for hound or wolf. That root gives the gloss carried into English today, lover of wolves and hounds. The origin is Celtic, even where the spelling now reads as plainly English.
The oldest famous bearer is Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster in the medieval Ulster Cycle. His court holds the tale of Deirdre, and near him stands the hero Cú Chulainn, whose name keeps the same hound word. The animal sense is that old.
On a Polish class register, Conor sits among the Kacpers and Szymons without a name-day of its own. It stays foreign on the page. What travels with it is the Irish hound, cú, and a short meaning a parent can read in any name book, lover of wolves and hounds.
How many people are named Conor
1 in 190591 men in Poland is named Conor. 112 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3210 among male names.
Conor's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Conor is most popular
Conor is most popular in Greater Poland, 904% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Greater Poland2 boys born+904%
Conor as a middle name
Conor is a first name for 112 men in Poland and a middle name for another 42, a 73/27 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1214th, between Aurelio (42) and Cuong (42).
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#1212 Steve43
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#1213 Aurelio42
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#1214 Conor42
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#1215 Cuong42
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#1216 Enrico42