Cullen (surname)
Cullen (Irish: Ó Cuileáin) is an Irish surname.
Considered by many to mean "handsome," Cullen is better linked to the Ancient Gaelic name Cuileannain which means "son of the holy one."[1] It is thought to be derived from the pre 8th century Old Gaelic name O' Cuileannain or Ó Cuilinn, with the prefix O' indicating a male descendant of, plus the personal byname Cuilleannain. The name may also be related to Cullinane. While Cullen is encountered primarily in Dublin and southeast Ireland, Cullinan or Cullinane used almost exclusively in western Ireland on a north–south-Axis from Galway to Cork.[2] A distribution map of the name has been processed on a genealogy site.[3]
Cullen is also found as a surname in Scotland and England; an example being the Baronets Cullen.
People with the surname Cullen
A
- Adam Cullen, Australian artist
- Alexander Lamb Cullen (1920–2013), British electrical engineer
- Alice Cullen (politician), UK politician
- Archibald Howard Cullen, bishop of Grahamstown, South Africa
B
- Bill Cullen, American game show host
- Bill Cullen (businessman), Irish businessman and philanthropist
- Brett Cullen, American actor
- Bud Cullen, Canadian Federal Court judge
C
- Charles Cullen, nurse and serial killer
- Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player
- Countee Cullen, African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance
D
- Dan Cullen, Australian cricketer
- Danny Cullen, Irish hurler
E
- Edgar M. Cullen, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, 1904–1913
- Eric Cullen, Scottish comedy actor
F
- Francis Cullen, American criminologist
G
- Geoff Cullen (born 1977), Australian cricketer
- Gordon Cullen, English architect
H
- Helen F. Cullen (1919–2007), American mathematician
- Hugh Roy Cullen, American oil businessman and philanthropist
I
- Ian Cullen (1939–2019), British actor
J
- Jack Cullen, American baseball pitcher
- James Cullen (mathematician), described Cullen numbers
- James Cullen (PTAA), founder of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association
- James P. Cullen, US brigadier general
- Jane Lunnon, maiden name Cullen (born 1969), English headmistress
- Joe Cullen (American football), American football coach
- Joe Cullen (darts player) (born 1989), English darts player
- John Cullen (disambiguation), several people
- John Michael Cullen, Australian ornithologist
- Jonathan Cullen, English actor
- Joseph Cullen, Australian politician
L
- Leo Cullen (rugby union), Irish rugby player
- Lori Cullen, Canadian singer-songwriter
M
- Matt Cullen, NHL hockey player
- Martin Cullen, Irish politician
- Maurice Cullen (boxer), English boxer
- Michael Cullen (disambiguation), several people
- Mick Cullen, Scottish footballer
- Mortimer A. Cullen (1891–1954), New York politician
N
- Nathan Cullen, Canadian Member of Parliament
- Nigel Cullen (1917–1941), Australian fighter ace
- Nora Cullen (1905–1990), Argentine actress
P
- Paul Cullen (bishop), 19th-century Irish cardinal
- Paul Cullen (rugby league), rugby coach
- Peter Cullen, voice actor, Optimus Prime in Transformers
- Philippa Cullen, Australian performance artist
R
- Robert Cullen (footballer), Irish-Japanese football player
S
- Sarah Cullen, British television journalist
- Seán Cullen, Canadian comedian
T
- Thomas H. Cullen, United States Representative
- Tim Cullen, American baseball player
- Timothy Cullen (Wisconsin politician), American state senator
- Tina Cullen, English hockey player
W
- William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk (born 1935), Lord President of Scotland's Court of Session
Fictional characters
- Edward Cullen, character in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
- Linden Cullen, character from Holby City series
- Cullen Rutherford, character in the fantasy role-playing video game Dragon Age
- Cullen Bohannon, character in the western drama ‘’Hell on Wheels
See also
- Baron Cullen of Ashbourne, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Cullen (disambiguation)
- Cullenite
References
- "Cullen - Baby Name Meaning, Origin and Popularity".
- "Cullen and Cullinan in Clogher and Omagh". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullycorker/cullenmarked.gif
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