Declan (given name)

Declan is an Irish male first name.

Origin and Meaning

Declan is the anglicized form of the Irish Deaglán whose meaning is not known. The popularity of the name, originally especially in southern Ireland, is an operating there in the 5th century saint of that name owes.

Well-known bearers of the name

• Declan de Barra ( * 19 ** ), Irish singer and songwriter
• Declan Galbraith (* 1991), British singer
• Declan Ganley ( born 1968 ), British- Irish entrepreneurs
• Declan Hill ( * 19 **), Canadian journalist
• Declan Hughes ( born 1963 ), Irish writer and director
• Declan Kennedy ( b. 1934 ), Irish architect and university teachers
• Declan Ronan Lang ( born 1950 ), British Roman Catholic bishop
• Declan MacManus (born 1954, known as Elvis Costello), English musician
• Declan Quinn ( born 1957 ), Irish -born American cinematographer
• Declan Rudd (* 1991), English footballer