Declan
Declan is an Irish masculine given name .
Origin and meaning
Declan is the Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán , the meaning of which is unknown. The popularity of the name, originally mainly in southern Ireland, is due to a saint of this name who worked there in the 5th century.
Well-known namesake
- Declan de Barra (born 1971), Irish singer and songwriter
- Declan Galbraith (born 1991), British singer
- Declan Ganley (* 1968), British-Irish entrepreneur
- Declan Hill (* 19 **), Canadian journalist
- Declan Hughes (born 1963), Irish writer and director
- Declan Kennedy (* 1934), Irish architect and university professor
- Declan Ronan Lang (born 1950), British Roman Catholic bishop
- Declan MacManus (born 1954; known as Elvis Costello ), English musician
- Declan McKenna (* 1998), English singer-songwriter
- Declan Quinn (* 1957), Irish-born American cameraman
- Declan Rice (* 1999), Irish-English soccer player
- Declan Rudd (* 1991), English soccer player