Phelan

Meaning of the name Phelan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Phelan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name.

MEANING: Comes from the word faol ”"wolf.”" The earliest record of the name seems to be for a follower of the warrior Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend) who was so loyal that he would have rescued Fionn from captivity, even from God himself.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Phelan Faolan

PRONUNCIATION: “fwail + awn”

ENGLISH: Phelan

AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Phelan and read along with the meaning)

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Irish Name of the Day!

The name is given to boys as a mark of respect to the great Irish orator and patriot Robert Emmet who was a leader of the unsuccessful 1798 rebellion against the British. He was captured on August 25, 1803 and tried for high treason and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered. When asked if he had any thing to say in response to this sentence Emmet gave what is considered to be one of the most moving speeches of the period: "…When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done."