Nolan Name Meaning & Origin
Nolan
Origin of the name Nolan:
Transferred use of the Irish surname derived from the Gaelic O'Nualláin (descendant of Nuallan), which is from nuall (shout).
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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Nollie
No-no
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Noel
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Champion (Irish, Gaelic)
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Nolan Ryan (baseball player)
Nolan Bushnell (founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese)
Nolan North (actor, and voice actor for the leading characters in video games such as Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, Batman: Arkham City, and many more)
Nolan Gould (actor, plays Luke Dunphy on Modern Family)
Christopher Nolan (director/producer/writer of movies such as Following, Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, and The Dark Knight Rises)
Nolan Patrick, professional hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers)
- Nolan in song, story & screen
The Nolan Family of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Nolan Ross, character in the TV show "Revenge"
Nolan Cook, male protagonist in The Chance - novel by Karen Kingsbury