"Whelan" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Doublet of Phelan",
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  "etymology_text": "Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin (“descendant of Faolán”), a hypocoristic form of faol (“wolf”). Doublet of Phelan.",
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    {
      "form": "Whelans",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from Irish."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Whalen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Wheelan"
        },
        {
          "word": "Wheeland"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Whelan"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Whelan"
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  "etymology_text": "Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin (“descendant of Faolán”), a hypocoristic form of faol (“wolf”). Doublet of Phelan.",
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    {
      "form": "Whelans",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Whalen"
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    {
      "word": "Wheelan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wheeland"
    }
  ],
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