Cullen

Pronunciation: KUH-lin (key)

Origin of the name Cullen:

Borrowed from the Irish, Cullen is the Anglicized form of the Irish surname Mac Cuilinn (son of Cuileann). Cuileann is an Irish name meaning “holly.” Var: Cullan, Cullin.

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The name is sometimes mistakingly pronouced "Colin" because it is much more popular as a first name. Once people see the spelling or are corrected, they get it pretty quickly. People seem to like the name very much. We named my son Cullen and I think when he was younger, say before 13, it was a little frustrating to him. I told him to politely correct the mispronounciations and he started to do that. I'm pretty happy we named him Cullen. Cullen is a well known last name in Houston, the Cullen Family, Cullen Blvd., Cullen Frost Bank, Cullen Auditorium. The Cullen family is a wealthy Houston oil family. Also, T. Cullen Davis, an oil millionaire in Ft. Worth.

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Meanings and history of the name Cullen: | Edit

There is a town of Cullen in Scotland. Anglicised form of Culann (Irish Gaelic) a legendary armour smith, probably formed from the Old Gaelic root word "col" which means "Chief."

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Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones, Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen T. Cullen Davis, Ft. Worth oil man that had his wife killed

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Edward Cullen is the main vampire in the "Twilight" books

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