Irish (County Galway): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Con
Cheanainn ‘descendant of Cúcheanann’, a personal name
composed of the elements cú ‘hound’ + ceann ‘head’ +
fionn ‘fair’, ‘white’. Bearers of this surname claim descent
from a single 10th-century ancestor.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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