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O'Connor

O'Connor proper noun: a patrilineal surname from Irish.

Proper noun

O'Connor

  1. A patrilineal surname from Irish.
    • Therefore, while O’Connor is alright, Ramón is not.2015 April 11, Tovin Lapan, “California birth certificates and accents: O’Connor alright, Ramón and José is not”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025
  2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  3. A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.
  4. An unincorporated community in Greeley County, Nebraska, United States.
  5. A township in Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada.

Forms of O'Connor

alternative formO'Conner

Origin of O'Connor

Anglicisation of Irish Ó Conchúir, meaning "descendant of Conor".

Questions about O'Connor

What does O'Connor mean?
O'Connor means a patrilineal surname from Irish.
What part of speech is O'Connor?
O'Connor is a proper noun.

Words near O'Connor in the dictionary

  1. O'Connellite
  2. O'Connellites
  3. O'Connells
  4. O'Conner
  5. O'Conners
  6. O'Connor
  7. O'Cullane
  8. o'danielite
  9. O'Dare
  10. O'Dea
  11. O'Deas

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