Where does “O'Connell” come from?
O'Connell is an English rendering of the Irish surname Ó Conaill, whose meaning is not definitively established.
Ancestry of “O'Connell”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | Ó Conaill | descendant of {{l|en|Connel}} |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | Kunowalos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | kū | dog; wolf |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
Words derived from “O'Connell”