"Filan" meaning in English

See Filan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Filans [plural]
Etymology: Two main origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fialáin (“descendant of Fialán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of fial (“generous”). * Borrowed from Polish Filan, a derivative of Fila. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Ó Fialáin||descendant of Fialán}} Irish Ó Fialáin (“descendant of Fialán”), {{bor|en|pl|Filan}} Polish Filan Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Filan (plural Filans)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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