Pronunciation | KON-er/ KOIN-er |
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Gender | female |
Name day | 28 January |
Other gender | |
Masculine | Cainneach |
Feminine | Cainder/Cainnear |
Origin | |
Word/name | Irish |
Meaning | kind, gentle or attractive daughter from the Irish caoin 'gentle' and der 'daughter' |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Cainder |
Variant form(s) | Cainder, Cainner, Cainer, Cainir, Cannera, Cainneir, Conaire, Connera |
Popularity | see popular names |
Cainnear is a female Irish given name. Potentially deriving from caoin and der, meaning "gentle daughter",[citation needed] it is the name of one of the legendary daughters of Queen Medb of Connacht and several Irish saints.[1] Variants of the name include Canair,[1] Cainder,[2] and Cainner,[3] and at least two early Christian saints have borne these variants.[4]
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