where does the last name conn come from
Conn (name)
Conn is a masculine English - and Irish - language given name , as well as an English - language surname . The origin of the given name is uncertain . It may be related to the Old Irish cond ( `` intellect '' or `` mind '' ) , or perhaps to the Old Irish cenn ( `` head '' , `` chief '' ) . The latter word - origin may have resulted from a popular , but incorrect etymology , applied to the Old Irish terms Leth Cuinn and Dál Cuinn ; these terms originally meant `` half of the chief '' and `` tribe of the chief '' but were mistakenly regarded to mean `` half of Conn '' and `` tribe of Conn '' . In some cases the given name is as a short form of non Irish - language names that begin with the first syllable Con - ( such as the names Conor and Connor ) . 
Conn is a masculine English - and Irish - language given name , as well as an English - language surname . The origin of the given name is uncertain . It may be related to the Old Irish cond ( `` intellect '' or `` mind '' ) , or perhaps to the Old Irish cenn ( `` head '' , `` chief '' ) . The latter word - origin may have resulted from a popular , but incorrect etymology , applied to the Old Irish terms Leth Cuinn and Dál Cuinn ; these terms originally meant `` half of the chief '' and `` tribe of the chief '' but were mistakenly regarded to mean `` half of Conn '' and `` tribe of Conn '' . In some cases the given name is as a short form of non Irish - language names that begin with the first syllable Con - ( such as the names Conor and Connor ) .
The origin of the given name is uncertain.
In some cases the given name is as a short form of non Irish-language names that begin with the first syllable Con- (such as the names Conor and Connor).
The origin of the given name is uncertain . In some cases the given name is as a short form of non Irish - language names that begin with the first syllable Con - ( such as the names Conor and Connor ) .
Conn is a masculine English - and Irish - language given name, as well as an English - language surname.  The latter word - origin may have resulted from a popular, but incorrect etymology, applied to the Old Irish terms Leth Cuinn and Dál Cuinn; these terms originally meant `` half of the chief '' and `` tribe of the chief '' but were mistakenly regarded to mean `` half of Conn '' and `` tribe of Conn ''.
Conn is a masculine English - and Irish - language given name , as well as an English - language surname . The latter word - origin may have resulted from a popular , but incorrect etymology , applied to the Old Irish terms Leth Cuinn and Dál Cuinn ; these terms originally meant `` half of the chief '' and `` tribe of the chief '' but were mistakenly regarded to mean `` half of Conn '' and `` tribe of Conn '' .