O'Connor
Common Irish surname
O'Connor is an Irish surname meaning "descendant of Conchobhar," one of the most common family names in Ireland.
Notable bearers include U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and fiction writer Flannery O'Connor.
The apostrophe marks the Gaelic "Ó" (grandson/descendant), distinguishing it from Connor without the prefix.
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- patronymicName from father's name
descent · kinship · bloodline · forebears · relatives · family name · last name · Irish-American
Regional literature of decay
- short storiesBrief prose narratives
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- CatholicismPapal Christian denomination
redemption · grace · morality · irony · symbolism · Georgia · peacocks · Faulkner
Nation's top tribunal
- justiceFair treatment under law
- ReaganAmerican presidential surname
- Arizona48th state admitted
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
first female · moderate · swing vote · retirement · law · bench · robes · judicial
genealogy
Study of family descent
patronymic · descent · kinship · bloodline · forebears · relatives · family name · last name · Irish-American · Ellis Island
Southern Gothic
Regional literature of decay
- short storiesBrief prose narratives
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
Catholicism · redemption · grace · morality · irony · symbolism · Georgia · peacocks · Faulkner · theology
Supreme Court
Nation's top tribunal
first female · jurisprudence · moderate · swing vote · retirement · law · bench · robes · judicial · landmark
Gaelic
Celtic linguistic tradition
Guinness · St. Patrick · Eire · emerald · blarney · brogue · fiddle · jig · pub · hurling
- Irish SurnamesO'Brien, Murphy, Kelly, O'Neill, Walsh
- British CommandersMontgomery, Wellington, Kitchener, Marlborough, Cromwell
- Irish NamesO'Brien, O'Neill, O'Sullivan, O'Donnell, O'Reilly
- Irish Nobilityhigh king, chieftain, clan chief, petty king, O'Neill
- Modern AuthorsColson Whitehead, Sally Rooney, Colleen Hoover, Barbara Kingsolver, Donna Tartt
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
O'ConnorMacDonald
Patronymic from Donald
McTavish · MacPherson · MacIntyre · McLaughlin · Bowen