Name: Lorcan
Gender: Male
Usage: Lorcan is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Lorcan are in general originating from Ireland.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Lorcan is: Little fierce one.
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Numerology of the first name Lorcan: 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 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Lorcan is ranked on the 22,219th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 9300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Lorcan has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Lorcan or Lorcán is an Irish language male given name, meaning 'little fierce one' and may refer to:
- Lorcan Allen (born 1940), Irish farmer and former Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála TD
- Lorcan Cranitch (born 1959), Irish actor
- Lorcan Cronin, striker who signed for Kildare County in the preseason of 2007
- Lorcan Dempsey (born 1958), the Vice President and Chief Strategist of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
- Lorcán mac Cellaig (flourished 848), King of Leinster of the Uí Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin
- Lorcán mac Fáelán, the seventh of ten Kings of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare
- Lorcán Ó Muireadais (1883–1941), Irish Roman Catholic priest, Irish language educator and nationalist activist
- Lorcan O'Herlihy (born 1959), architect
- Lorcán Ua Tuathail (1128–1180), canonized in 1225 by Pope Honorius III
Irish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Lorcán, originally a byname representing a diminutive of Gaelic lorc fierce (or possibly ‘dumb’). This name was borne by St Lorcán Ó Tuathail (1128–80), archbishop of Dublin, known in English as Laurence O'Toole.
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