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Phelan
FEE-luhn
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An Irish surname meaning "descendant of the wolf".
"Phelan is a fairly common Irish surname."
Word Forms
Phelans plural
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Etymology
An Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin, from faol ("wolf").