Callahan
Also spelled: Callaghan, Calahan
Usually a boy's name
- Meaning
- Irish Ó Ceallacháin, 'descendant of Ceallachán', a pet form of the name Ceallach Well attested
What Ceallach itself means is unsettled: 'war, strife', 'bright-headed' and 'church-goer' have all been proposed.
- Origin
- Irish surname
- Popularity
US 2025: #227 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #2269
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.