Talk:Conor
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[edit]- mid importance - appears outside top-five but within top-twenty for Northern Ireland in 2003 [1] --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 12:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
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[edit]Is it possible the name Connor became popular in the U.S. and Britain when the movie Highlander was released in 1986? Conor comes from Conor Pass on the Dingle Peninsula of Ireland.
- I would say the relationship with the Conor Pass goes the other way.Notjim 10:12, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
I have moved this:
- "The variant Connor has also become popular as a girl's name in recent years as well."
from the page because there doesn't seem to be any evidence for it; if someone has a reference, move it back!Notjim 10:12, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Latin meaning
[edit]I believe the actual Latin meaning of the name is "I try". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.245.193.10 (talk) 20:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- I removed the statement "Conor" is literally also the first person deponent Latin verb meaning "the best". There's no source for this statement. After doing searches on several Latin-English dictionaries, it seems the Latin meaning is v. dep., to undertake, endeavor, attempt, try, venture, presume, etc (from http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lookup=conor&type=exact&lang=la&searchText=&options=Sort+Results+Alphabetically&.submit=Submit+Query&formentry=1&lang=la) or v. dep., attempt/try/endeavor, make an effort; exert oneself; try to go/rise/speak (from http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wordz.pl?keyword=conor). -- Christopher C. Parker t c 16:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Non-Irish people called Conor
[edit]I removed the line 'sometimes non-Irish people can be called Conor.' This is a needless sentence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.23.15.178 (talk) 21:58, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
"Konnor"
[edit]The usage and topic of Konnor is under discussion, see Talk:Conor O'Brian -- 70.51.45.100 (talk) 05:24, 15 April 2016 (UTC)