Callan

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Callan

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Borrowed from Irish Ó Cathaláin (“descendant of Cathalán”).

proper noun

A surname from Irish.
A male given name transferred from the surname. Clancy, a former neonatal and delivery nurse, had been accused of strangling her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, in the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023.

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"Callan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/callan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Callan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/callan

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"Callan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/callan.

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@misc{callan_2026,
  title = {Callan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/callan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}