Name: Declan
Gender: Male
Usage: Declan, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Declan are in general originating from Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Declan is: Full of goodness, Irish saint.
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Numerology of the first name Declan: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Declan is ranked on the 2,931st position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 122600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Declan has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Declan for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Declan is 24 July.
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History and Origin
Declan is an ancient Irish given name anglicized form of an Irish Gaelic saint's name Declán, also Deaglán or Déaglán, or, in colloquial terms, Det, normally all capitalised when written.
Those bearing it include:
- Saint Declán of Ardmore (fl. 5th century)
- Declan Affley (1939–1985), Australian folk singer and musician
- Declan Bree (born 1951), Irish politician and social campaigner
- Declan Costello (born 1926), Attorney General of Ireland
- Declan Coyne, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Declan Curry (fl. since 1997), Irish journalist who works for BBC News and BBC Breakfast in the United Kingdom
- Declan de Barra (born c. 1960), Irish musician, vocalist and bodhrán player of the former band Clann Zú
- Declan Donnellan (born 1953), British theatre director
- Declan Donnelly (born 1975), one half of British television duo Ant and Dec
- Declan Galbraith (born 1991), English singer
- Declan Ganley (born 1968), Irish businessman and political activist
- Declan Kidney (born 1959), Irish rugby union coach
- Declan McCullagh, journalist
- Declan McGonagle, Irish art curator
- Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus (born 1954), the birth name of British musician Elvis Costello
- Declan Meehan (radio presenter), Irish radio presenter
- Declan Meehan (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Declan Nerney (born c. 1970), Irish country music personality
- Declan Quinn (born 1957), American cinematographer
- Declan Ryan (born 1968), Irish sportsman
- Declan Sinnott (born c. 1950), Irish musician
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Deaglán, of uncertain derivation. It was borne by a 5th-century disciple of St Colman, who became a bishop in the district of Ardmore. In recent years the name has been strongly revived in Ireland.
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