Cullen is an Irish surname. It is an Anglicised form of Gaelic Ó Cuileáin 'descendant of Cuileán', a name meaning ' wolfhound whelp', 'young hound'. [1] [2] It is also considered by some to mean the 'handsome one'. [3] The Uí Cuileáin of County Tyrone were erenaghs of Clogher. [4] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Cullanes were one of the chiefly families of the Uí Fidgenti who were a tribe of the Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 and 100 BC. [5]
Cullen is also found as a surname in Scotland and England; an example being the Cullen baronets.
Cullen is an Irish surname. It is an Anglicised form of Gaelic Ó Cuileáin 'descendant of Cuileán', a name meaning ' wolfhound whelp', 'young hound'. [1] [2] It is also considered by some to mean the 'handsome one'. [3] The Uí Cuileáin of County Tyrone were erenaghs of Clogher. [4] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Cullanes were one of the chiefly families of the Uí Fidgenti who were a tribe of the Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 and 100 BC. [5]
Cullen is also found as a surname in Scotland and England; an example being the Cullen baronets.