Connor

Anglicized from the Irish Conchobhar, historically translated as a lover or keeper of hounds. The name belonged to a legendary king of Ulster in early Irish literature before settling into centuries of use as a surname. American parents began adopting it as a given name in small numbers after 1913, though it remained quiet until the broader wave of Celtic surnames arrived in the late twentieth century.

The name reads as an undergraduate heading across a quad with an unzipped backpack. A Connor tends to be pictured wearing a gray fleece pullover, carrying a water bottle covered in stickers, and organizing a rec-league soccer roster. Fifty-six percent of living holders belong to Generation Z, leaving the name with an average age of twenty. The overall impression is amiable, loud in cafeterias, and perpetually searching for a lost phone charger.