Conna
Conna is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on the River Bride, southeast of the town of Fermoy, on the R628 regional road. The village contains several pubs, a shop, a post office, a Roman Catholic church and a nearby Church of Ireland chapel. The village is dominated by Conna Castle, a five-story tower house situated on a limestone outcrop near the river.
Meaning & Origin of Conna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Conna is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on the River Bride, southeast of the town of Fermoy, on the R628 regional road. The village contains several pubs, a shop, a post office, a Roman Catholic church and a nearby Church of Ireland chapel. The village is dominated by Conna Castle, a five-story tower house situated on a limestone outcrop near the river.
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Origin & history
The Story of Conna
The earliest SSA record of Conna as a baby girl name dates back to 1932, when 5 babies received it. 1961 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Conna — #4,010 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Conna on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Conna last appeared in the published SSA data in 1968, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 95 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Conna
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- Liam Kearney (born 1983), professional footballer and coach
- Angela Lansbury (1925–2022), actor and producer, moved to the area with her husband Peter Shaw and lived in a 19th-century farmhouse named Knockmourne Glebe.
- Bartholomew MacCarthy (1843–1904), Irish historian
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About the name Conna
Conna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1932 and has accumulated 95 births in the dataset. Conna's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #4,010. Use the chart and map above to compare Conna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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