Opinions on baby name Quillan

[Chasingthewind11]

Hi everyone, what do you think of the name Quillan? It's Irish, it means cub. Our baby boy is due in June, we don't have any Irish links we just like the name. Have you heard it before? Do you like it?

Thanks!

I like it and think that Q is a great initial!

I also like Quentin.

And in no way accent does Quillan sound like William

Quillan is much nicer imo and doesn't contain Willi

My name around the world, means, Hound/Warrior in Gaelic

If by 'Gaelic' you mean Irish, it means 'Monday' (Dé Luan):

www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/Luan

@Grinling

Did you get this from a baby names website, OP? ‘Q’ doesn’t exist in the Irish alphabet.

I assume it’s an anglicisation of ‘coileán’, which, yes, is Irish for ‘puppy’.

I think it's a no.

@Blubells

And in no way accent does Quillan sound like William

Quillan is much nicer imo and doesn't contain Willi

The 'uill'/'will' bit sounds the same

People don't say Willi-um they say Will-yum

People don't say Willi-um they say Will-yum

Depends on where you are from.

It's a town in the south of France !

I'm the mum of a Cillian, which I suppose is similar, but is reasonably common here. We live in Northern Ireland and I've never come across Quillan. I agree with one of the posters above, Caolán is a nice alternative and is a more common name (but expect all sorts of pronunciations outside of Ireland )

People don't say Willi-um they say Will-yum

I say Willi-yum. Sounds very different to Quillan, which I like btw. I assumed people were misreading it as Quillian.

@Chasingthewind11

Hi everyone, what do you think of the name Quillan? It's Irish, it means cub. Our baby boy is due in June, we don't have any Irish links we just like the name. Have you heard it before? Do you like it?

Thanks!

It's definitely not an Irish name as there is no q in the Irish language!

The Irish for cub is coileán, which would be pronounced quil-awn.

@Shuffleuplove

Sounds made up. What about Killian? There’s no Q in Irish

No K in the Irish language either...

It's spelt Cillian, although there are anglicised versions of C names using K instead.

@Grinling

Did you get this from a baby names website, OP? ‘Q’ doesn’t exist in the Irish alphabet.

I assume it’s an anglicisation of ‘coileán’, which, yes, is Irish for ‘puppy’.

I was going to say exactly this. I know a few dogs called Coileán so would probably steer away from it for a human.

@Grinling - And Kawka and Millish could be twins...

That's brilliant

The willi-um reminds me of the annoying kitchen maid from Downton Abbey. She was forever squeaking 'willi-um'.

OP - I'm guessing you are not Irish, and certainly you are not a fluent speaker.

If you decide to use Quillan as a name please don't claim it as an Irish name, you'll only embarrass yourself.

Yes, I see that if you type in "Quillan baby name" into Google Search you will be led to believe that it is an Irish name by a whole bunch of non-Irish websites.

Could I suggest Fionn or Cathal or Cormac - lovely Irish names not in need of a fada!

@Loopyloulou007 a friend of a friend called their baby girl Luan recently. They are aware that it means Monday in Irish. I guess she was born on a Monday or something.

I say Willi-yum. Sounds very different to Quillan, which I like btw.

Me too. They sound very different. I prefer Quillan - Q is a cool initial 😎

My name around the world, means, Hound/Warrior in Gaelic

If by 'Gaelic' you mean Irish, it means 'Monday' (Dé Luan)

I think the name Luan may be derived from Lughán? Lugh is a warrior god in Celtic mythology, adding 'án' to a name signifies a diminutive. Not sure about the hound bit though...
forvo.com/word/lughán/

Thanks for your replies everyone, good to know that the name is actually not Irish and doesn't mean cub! I do like the name Quinlan too so may consider that

The surname McQuillan is quite common out my way. Origin:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McQuillan

Sorry, not sure if this is helpful or not!

That's interesting, MaddyMagellan, thanks. I hadn't ever come across McQuillan (or Quillan) as a surname before. Maybe it's more common in certain areas as you say.

Still to Quinn, much nicer name.

Quinlan is definitely a surname, but if you like that kind of thing...

@Blubells

I like it and think that Q is a great initial!

I also like Quentin.

My son is Quentin.

Be warned Q names are forever mis pronounced!

How on earth do people mispronounce Quentin, @Fcuk38?