Definitions for Whelan
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1. Whelannoun

   of origin.

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1. Whelan

   The family name Whelan is an anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Faoláin. The surname originates from the Middle Irish Úa Faeláin (plural Uí Faeláin) the name of the 10th to 11th century ruling dynasty of the Déisi, a population group inhabiting the area of the modern county of Waterford and County Kilkenny in the early medieval period. The word faolán is derived from the Old Irish word faelán meaning a young (small) wolf; -án being of the diminutive suffix in Irish. Ó (anglicised as O') derives from the Old Irish úa, meaning "grandson", or more figuratively "patrilineal descendant". The patronym that follows is always in the genitive case, in accordance with Irish grammatical rules, and is normally marked by an "i" following the final vowel. Therefore, the name Faelán, becomes Úa Faeláin as a patronym in Middle Irish, from which is derived Ó Faoláin in Modern Irish, of which in turn Whelan, Phelan, O'Phelan etc. are anglicisations. According to the legendary history of Ireland, about 300 A.D., the Déisi settled on the site of Dungarvan, County Waterford. In the 12th and 13th centuries, during the early Anglo-Norman period, records of a political nature relating to the Déisi and the descendants of the Uí Faeláin dynastic group decline. The Faelán referred to is Faelán mac Cormac, who is recorded in the Annals of Inishfallen as having succeeded his father as king of the Déisi in 966. The first person referred to as úa Faeláin is his grandson Mothla mac Domnall, or Mothla úa Faeláin, who was king of the Déisi until his death at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, and whose head is recorded in the Annals of Ulster as having been interred with Brian Ború in Armagh. During this period however, Irish patronyms had not yet petrified into surnames proper.

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1. WHELAN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Whelan is ranked #3181 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Whelan surname appeared 11,363 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Whelan.
   
   95% or 10,803 total occurrences were White.
   2.4% or 277 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 139 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 77 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 44 total occurrences were Black.
   0.2% or 23 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Whelan in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Whelan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Whelan in a Sentence

1. Antony Blinken:

   I pressed the Kremlin to accept the substantial proposal that we put forth on the release of Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner.

2. David Whelan:

   It is one thing to talk about caring and The Whelans is another to act. This conference call with families was an action that showed that State Department is listening. It was good to hear Secretary Blinken discuss the need to use relationships -- with other David Whelan agencies and foreign nations -- and tools -- legislatively -- enacted options like the Levinson Act for hostage support and for sanctions -- to find ways to gain our family members' freedom. I will be looking forward to seeing those words become actions to try to bring American hostages home.

3. Elizabeth Whelan:

   Secretary Blinken assured me that obtaining the release of Paul Whelan remains a priority.

4. Joe Biden:

   But no, we had no choice to take but to take Brittney Griner over Paul Whelan. Putin demanded that.

5. President Biden:

   I raised the case of two wrongfully imprisoned American citizens, Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed, the families of the detained Americans came up and we discussed them. We're going to follow through with that discussion. I am not going to walk away on that.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Whelan
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whelan
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html