Conner surname meaning

Conner is an Irish surname variant of Connor and Conor, commonly traced to Ó Conchobhair, “descendant of Conchobhar.” Conchobhar is an old personal name with competing glosses, often summarized through hound or wolf associations and sometimes as a champion. The surname’s dependable point is the Ó, or descendant-of, formation—not one single literal translation. Connor, Conor, O’Connor, and Connors show spelling and grammatical variants, and separate Irish families used the name. Parent’s name is the high-confidence catalog type because the patronymic structure is clear.